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Key takeaways of zdnet
- Linus Torwald is angry with the non-inflammatory link in the proposed Linux code changes.
- Many of these useless links come from AI Dev programs and other automatic equipment.
- Torld does not want to see links until they take her to useful information about a patch.
All this began with a single fix to re -write a resource node in Linux kernel. The more Linus Torwalds saw, the more surprised. You see, not fix “Really fix anything“Then, Torwalds explained, they argued that I would understand why it would be in vain, but as usual, that link was wasted my time by indicating only the same drawn information that was already. ,
Also: Linus Torwalds built a guit in 10 days – and never thought it would last for 20 years.
‘Stop this waste already’
He went away from surprised to offend nothing in a discussion Linux Karnell Mailing List (LKML)Torwalds continued, “I was hoping that it would point to some oops report or something that would explain why my initial response was wrong.” He was disappointed.
Therefore, Torwalds announced, “Stop this waste in advance. Stop adding futile link arguments that ruin people’s time. Add links if it has * additional * information. Damit, I really hate those meaningless links. I like to see * useful * links, but 99% link I really waste me only foolish, stupid waste, and only * time.”
In short, “If you really expect me to pull it, I want a real explanation and not a useless link. Yes, I am angry. I think my main job – really is my only task – to try to make an understanding of bridge requests, and that is why I completely stop these things that are completely added and only make my work difficult.”
Also: Linux’s hobby of a Dev’s hobby for 40 million lines of code – and counting
Other people agree. As a redit commentator said, “There is a point of Linus. He looked like the original patch AI-written summary, and the link to the explanation of the problem was the same summary. ,
AI programming and inexperience
So, why have these meaningless links become a recurring problem? With the rise of AI programming, many contributors are now using automatic scripts, bots, or platform integration, such as Github or Gitlab, automatically producing hyperlinks for cross-referenceing issues, merge requests and patches. Sounds good, it’s not?
However, these systems often add links that indicate the patch email or a general page without offering additional information, discussion history, or bug tracker reference that will help understand the patch. In other words, they are wasting the time of maintenners. Spoiler Alert: Excessive all maintenance, not only torvwalds, more than enough on their plates without adding make-work.
Also: Linus Torwalds exploded Karnell Dev to ‘make the world worse’ with ‘garbage’ patch.
These are not just these devices that are causing this problem. Less experienced or running developers are following the prescribed workflow or template which is encouraged or required to use the link regardless of relevance. Since there is little inspection or enforcement of best practices, Many links are purely added out of habit or complianceLeading for the spread of meaningless references.
If you want to please Torwald, it is very simple. Just do what he asked: “Can we please stop this automatic stupidity?”
