[ajb]

> he wants to "move fast and break things"

That's not how I read that thread. This is just about where the diligence happens, not that it can be avoided; and exactly how small a fix is mergable in the fixes phase of kernel development.

I don't see that thread as being particularly angry either. There have been ones where both of them have definitely lost their cool; here they are having a (for them) calm disagreement. Linus is just not going to merge this one until the next development phase, which is fine.

There have been arguments involving this developer that do raise questions; I just don't see this as one of them.