[steveklabnik]

> I understand their exhaustion, but aiming their frustrations at Linus for having an entirely level-headed response shows that they can't read the room.

I agree that Linus's response wasn't over the top, but Hector didn't quit because of that one email. Heck, as far as I know he wasn't even involved in writing the patch in question. The Asahi folks have had a number of issues dealing with other maintainers for at least the past couple of years. This is a "the straw that broke the camel's back" situation.