linux-kernel - Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

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Message-ID: <20130716084036.41a9c498@notabene.brown>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:40:36 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:17:27 +0200 Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:

> Communication works two ways.

I understand that to mean (at least) that for communication, every message
must be both sent and received.  So when constructing a message, it is
important to think about how others will understand it.
On a public email list there are an awful lot of "others", and it is very
likely that any possible misunderstanding will be experienced by someone.
I think it best to minimise opportunities for misunderstanding.

> 
> Sure it can be hard for newcomers but I don't remember having read him
> scold a newcomer. 

I think that is not relevant.  He is scolding people senior developers in
front of newcomers.  That is not likely to encourage people to want to become
senior developers.

Anecdote:  My son (in highschool) is doing a psych assignment where he is
asking people to complete a survey which, among other things, asks about
people fear/anxiety response to various situations (it is a fairly standard
instrument I think[1]).  Last few times he checked, the situation with the
highest average score was "One person bullying another".  Really, it isn't
nice to watch.

NeilBrown

[1] e.g.
http://horan.asu.edu/ced522readings/ced-fearquestionnaire.htm

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