The founder and main creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, rejected the proposal to include the code for the RISC-V architecture sent by Google's engineer, identifying it as "trash". Pull request for Linux version 6.17 was sent on 8 August, nevertheless Torvalds criticized both its quality and the late transportation date, – informs Tom’s Hardware.
Quality and transportation deadline criticism
The code was sent as part of the first part of the RISC-V amendments by Palmer Dabbelt of the Android squad at Google. Torvalds stressedthat he had previously requested to send pull requests in advance due to the planned trip.
If you can't follow this rule, at least let pull request be good.
Linus TorvaldsTorvalds note that the changes include generic header files that are not circumstantial to RISC-V, which he believes should never be sent, especially at the end of the merge window.
“This is garbage that makes the planet worse”
Torvalds stated that the code sent “makes the planet an active worse place” and warned the author: “No late pull requests and no garbage outside the RISC-V tree”. He stressed that specified changes require thorough preparation before the next version of Linux 6.18, without unnecessary elements and errors.
Mixed community reactions
The community's reactions to Torvalds' sharp speech were divided. any commentators considered its directness to be effective, pointing to concrete examples of errors given in the comment. Others pointed out the request for a more constructive dialog in the process of cooperation on open origin code.
