Rants like this are not unusual from him, and it's something of a fact of life in the Linux community. I'm not convinced they're necessary as often as he employs them, but there is something to be said for calling a spade a spade.
I've worked on a lot of projects where the tone was at the opposite extreme and everyone understated their points to avoid conflict to the point that it was impossible for me to tell whether whatever I was hearing actually mattered unless it was coming from another programmer or someone I knew well enough. That is far worse than than the occasional flame. There's a happy medium, but if you're going to lean one way leaning towards ranting at least means you can draw attention to the important stuff.
There's honesty in being angry about something openly. It shows your priorities.There's a happy medium, but if you're going to lean one way leaning towards ranting at least means you can draw attention to the important stuff.
Yeah that makes sense, and I don't have enough context to really make any specific conclusion.