This week people in our community confronted me about my lifetime of not understanding emotions. My flippant attacks in emails have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal. In my quest for a better patch, this made sense to me.
I know now this was not OK and I am truly sorry. The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my
behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely.
Now that’s something I never in a million years thought he’d be capable of thinking, never mind admitting in public, without reservations. I sincerely hope that it sticks, and the result is good not just for the community, but Linus himself. Good luck, and I hope people give him the chance to make good on his attempt to grow as a person. It takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable in public, especially when you know and that you hurt people.
I know now this was not OK and I am truly sorry. The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely.
Now that’s something I never in a million years thought he’d be capable of thinking, never mind admitting in public, without reservations. I sincerely hope that it sticks, and the result is good not just for the community, but Linus himself. Good luck, and I hope people give him the chance to make good on his attempt to grow as a person. It takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable in public, especially when you know and that you hurt people.