So with the recent drama it looks like bcachefs isn’t going to stay in the kernel for too long. What do I do now? I have my root filesystem as bcachefs on multiple devices. Is it possible to migrate to btrfs or ext4?

  • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
    142·
    10 days ago

    this is absolutely the issue… the specific thing he did is irrelevant: you play by the rules, or you gtfo… it doesn’t matter how valuable your contributions are, if you can’t treat people with respect that leads to a toxic culture that eats at the project from the inside

    linus was renowned for his insults… he realised (or was told; doesn’t matter at this point) that that behaviour was inappropriate, and his behaviour is now more tempered because it’s important to be able to ensure everyone feels like their work is valued and they’re not just shoveling shit for someone else

    and i say this all as someone who is absolutely ecstatic about the prospect of bcachefs and think that his code is among the most important being contributed in the past years and for the next few years: WE NEED A NEW STABLE FILESYSTEM more than almost anything… but if you allow bad behaviour, it erodes the collaborative culture and you just can not allow that in the largest collaborative software project humanity has ever created

    • PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      23·
      9 days ago

      When other devs can force a CoC on the actual creator of Linux, that’s when you know they’ve gone to far. It’s his, wtf should anyone else get a say in how it’s governed?

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        71·
        9 days ago

        it’s absolutely not his. he is a major and important contributor and person in the community, but linux belongs to humanity and to the community that has now written far more of linux than linus has

        • PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          11·
          7 days ago

          The hell it isn’t. It wouldn’t exist if he didn’t start the entire thing. He birthed it. At best, anyone else has only contributed to it.