Linus apparently will not pull any #Bcachefs changes into #Linux 6.13 due to "an open issue with the CoC (Code Of Conduct) board".

Kent shared that in a 36k long patreon post starting with "the future of bcachefs in the #kernel is uncertain, and lots of things aren't looking good.":

https://www.patreon.com/posts/116412665

Side note: this happened just hours after the rules for "Enforcement for Unacceptable Behavior Code of Conduct Violations" were merged to 6.13 :

https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c818d5c64c9a8cc14853d716bf7ce6674a6126d0

#LinuxKernel

2/ For completeness, as it's easy to miss in Kent's long post:

Kent refuses to send a public apology for a remark to a mm developer that lead to the escalation to the COC. Search for "you should probably send him an apology" in his Patreon post to find a good place to start.

Also note that Kent resurrected the #LKML thread with the remark yesterday; new messages start here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/vvulqfvftctokjzy3ookgmx2ja73uuekvby3xcc2quvptudw7e@7qj4gyaw2zfo/t/#u

@kernellogger this drama is depressing... I don't know how you manage to follow these discussions, but thank you for doing that for the community here! 🙂

@matttbe

Depressing: definitely.

Following it: guess I got used to it, as it was my job for many years 😄

Thx: yw!

@kernellogger I'm not sure I like direction this is taking :-(.

3/ There is now a official msg from the #Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) to #Bcachefs developer Kent Overstreet based on a recommendation from the Code of Conduct Committee :

https://lore.kernel.org/all/6740fc3aabec0_5eb129497@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch/

'"[…] written abuse of another community member required action on your part to repair the damage to the individual and the community. You took insufficient action[…]

- Restrict participation in the kernel development process during the Linux 6.13 kernel […]"'

#kernel #LinuxKernel

@kernellogger what the hell is it with people who insist on acting like this?

You have a sweet piece of tech, but you want to not treat other people appropriately to such a degree well no one will want to use that tech.

@rasmus91 I guess you have to ask a psychologist for a proper answer.

My view is simply: there are sadly a lot of people in this world that are not that kind to others as it IMHO would be appropriate, so up to some point they naturally will end up in various bubbles of life – including Linux kernel development.

@kernellogger @rasmus91 There are also a lot of walks of life where shitty behavior is overlooked and ignored, and nobody tells you to stop. Largely this has been the case for kernel development too. Maybe things will improve from here, but this wasn't really a great example of how to handle it.