He is pretty combative and abrasive.
I expect the participants in this discussion to grumble for a few days, then continue working amically together.
I think he's very wrong on this, though.
The combativeness is a feature, not a bug.
But people will not stop bringing it up over and over again. They just had the kernel summit where it was discussed again.
I imagine he’s REALLY REALLY tired of people continuing to try to start it up again.
Given Linus’ stance that it’s just a tool, which makes sense as a position, it’s really odd to ban only that one tool especially when you know your ban is completely useless to “make a statement”.
Just interesting to see how different people handle these situations.
He’s someone who should know the policy.
Linus agreed that the “assisted by“ tag that was invented for AI wasn’t working and it got removed. There was already discussion that lead to this.
So here he is, again (presumably), taking this patch series removing that tag to try to push the topic again. That kernel summit I mentioned was 6 days ago as I type. LWN reported this was talked about.
I’m sure Linus would ignore me (a nobody) posting. Or someone who has made a few patches over the years.
I think Pinchart is high enough in the rankings Linus felt this was needed, or maybe more likely couldn’t hold his frustration.
I can’t imagine how frustrated by and tired of this topic Linus must be.