Re: Linux 3.10-rc6

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 08:09:03AM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:
> >
> > Do you really think your cursing controls how other people behave?
> 
> Yes. In three ways:
> 
>  - I have magic mind-powers, and cursing releases them, and makes
> kernel developers behave better. I'm not very strong in my
> mind-powers, so only weak-willed individuals are noticeably affected -
> and we really don't have a lot of those - but hey, every little bit
> helps.
> 
>  - It turns off small-minded people who care more about tone than
> substance, and means that I can get rid of the whiners.
> 
>  - it is a signal for people who have some sense that I'm getting
> irritated, and reminds them about how I pay them the big bucks and
> makes them behave.
> 

Another reason: The threat of being cursed at makes people more careful,
and thus helps keeping the Linux kernel clean and working.
The best method to screw up a code base is to be politically correct
with those breaking it.

Keep doing it, and never give in to demands for political correctness.

Guenter