> 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.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167

And then he became the epitome of politeness and patience and everyone lived happily ever after.

for those who aren’t aware what the commenter is referencing, linus has apologized for his abrasive ways very publicly and made very real genuine attempts to recognize there are humans on the other end of his words.

while he’s not perfect, just recognizing that and taking genuine efforts to fix it is absolutely laudable.