linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs changes for 6.17

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Message-ID: <3371119.aeNJFYEL58@lichtvoll.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:22:30 +0200
From: Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>
To: "Gerald B. Cox" <gbcox@....us>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
 Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
 Aquinas Admin <admin@...inas.su>,
 Malte Schröder <malte.schroeder@...ip.de>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 "Carl E. Thompson" <list-bcachefs@...lthompson.net>,
 linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs changes for 6.17

Hi Theodore, hi,

Theodore Ts'o - 10.08.25, 07:59:55 CEST:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 09:26:16PM -0700, Gerald B. Cox wrote:
> > And really, this whole thread feels beneath what the kernel community
> > should be. If there’s a serious question about bcachefs’s future, it
> > ought to be a quiet, direct conversation between Kent and Linus—not a
> > public spectacle.
> 
> There has been private conversations with Kent.  I will note that it
> was *Kent* who started this most recent round of e-mails[1].  In his
> e-mail, He slammed the Linux Kernel's "engineering standards", and
> btrfs in particular.  I won't quote any of it here, because it really
> is quite toxic, but please note that it was Kent who started the
> discussion about btrfs.  This kind of attack is Just Not Helpful, and
> this kind of behavior is, unfortunately, quite common coming from
> Kent.
> 
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/3ik3h6hfm4v2y3rtpjshk5y4wlm5n366overw2lp72q
> k5izizw@...xp22uwnwa/

I kind of agree that this thread would have gone better without this mail 
from Kent.

Best,
-- 
Martin