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Following arguments on the Linux kernel mailing list the past few days over some Linux kernel maintainers being against the notion of Rust code in the mainline Linux kernel and trying to avoid it and very passionate views over the Linux kernel development process, Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin has removed himself from being an upstream maintainer of the ARM Apple code.

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I'm not too new to linux, but also not too veteran, has it always has this shit drama? There is always some sort of fucking child throwing a tantrum about some shit. Has it always been the case? It's really getting annoying.

[–] andrewd18@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This kind of stuff happens in big companies too, but you don't see it because it's not in a public mailing list. One of my teams had a developer who stood on tables to yell until his opinion was accepted, and one time when another developer wouldn't back down, he threw a chair at them. That angry developer worked there for another 7 years until retirement, while many smart team members around him quit rather than continue dealing with him.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Cannot say I've seen a dev do that in the UK. Anyone would get fired for throwing a chair. Standing on the table yelling would probably get then a bollocking and maybe a warning.

[–] andrewd18@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, 100% agree he should have been fired or at least put on a PIP, but my HR dept is toothless.

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