[riku_iki]

> but the response appears reasonable and mature

I wouldn't say saying "If I knew ... was going to piss you off so much, I wouldn't have done that." is very mature.

[solarkraft]

Why? It signals that they respect Linus's feelings (and they really don't want to piss him off), which seems quite mature and de-escalative to me.

[riku_iki]

language is confrontational and impersonal.

[tommica]

Curious, what kind of response in your opinion would have been better?

[riku_iki]

you can rewrite the same phrase in more polite language: "sorry, I didn't expect so much push back, I sent these changes with good intentions only".