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by solarkraft 870 days ago
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.
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riku_iki 870 days ago
language is confrontational and impersonal.
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tommica 869 days ago
Curious, what kind of response in your opinion would have been better?
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riku_iki 869 days ago
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".
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