I don’t see how that follows. Linus wanted to see how the discussion went on the mailing list. I doubt he wanted nor appreciated the negative media and social media attention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not really familiar with any of this, but if they want to keep this stuff private why bother to publish it on public mailing lists?

[–] LeFantome 11 points 1 day ago

It is not about it being public. He just wants it on the mailing list.

The people subscribed to the mailing list are all people involved in or specifically interested in kernel development. The hope is that the conversations there will be less technical and less political. What he does not want is a bunch of social or political pressure from drive by opinion holders on social media (like us).

It is fine for us to be discussing there discussion here. But he wants the discussion to be had “there”.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

The main place to have technical discussions, big and small, is on a public mailing list. So everyone in the world with proper qualifications can join any time. It's a way to ensure the best ideas with, instead of the loudest voice, or the person with the best networking.

There's no other place to have these discussions.