On Thu, 2025-02-20 at 12:37 -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > I think one of key advantages of open source is that people > > stick > > around for a very long time. Even when they switch jobs or move > > around. Maybe the usual “for life” qualifier isn’t really a > > great > > choice, since it sounds more like a mandatory sentence than > > something > > done by choice. What I object to is the “dictator” part, since > > if your > > goal is to grow a great community and maybe reach world > > domination, > > then you as the maintainer need to serve that community. And > > not that > > the community serves you. > > +1 > > I agree and try, as best I can, to embody this.
I keep four simple rules of email response list these days when I response to LKML: 1. Be honest. 2. Address your concerns. 3. Ask for help where you need it. 4. Admit your possible misconceptions (getting things wrong is not a mistake). It's quite easy actually shift away from these even if you don't do it purposely. So I actually just read what I'm going to respond and reflect to these :-) It's anyhow usually best to keep a short break and breath-in/outs before triggering send, right? The fourth one addresses so called "toxic positive" responses as addresses in the associated Mastodon thread [1] :-) > Jason [1] https://social.kernel.org/notice/ArH99Q2ErS20vJB7Tc BR, Jarkko
