@kernellogger Looking at this thread, I get the feeling that maybe some of the comments are a bit over the top, no matter what has happened.
Personally I think that whatever goes in any possible mailing list I don't personally hate anyone. I don't mind meeting any person IRL. It's just for me personally plain shit posting that needs to be addressed and call it a day. Of course it is totally unprofessional and lame but not worth of this scale of group wanking.
I don't really even know this person, or use bachefs but as a person with some empathy I can only imagine how bad he might feel if he ever comes to is senses, and as an optimist I I'd like to phrase that "as he comes to his senses" :-)
What Linus toned his response as a decent person should, at least in my world view. He even described Kent as a smart person.