We read the same thread. I haven't read all the context. Thanks for that.
But I disagree that he's deflecting his obligation to test more broadly -- it does sound like he's trying to get people together to do exactly that. It's easy to see this situation in black and white, and Linus's approach to the conversation is rather polarizing in that regard.
He is deflecting the obligations that having a project in the kernel mainline puts on him.
Linus' reaction is very appropriate because Kent is breaking the mainline and wrecking the kernel development cycle. It is more than appropriate to pull bcachefs out of the mainline.
But I disagree that he's deflecting his obligation to test more broadly -- it does sound like he's trying to get people together to do exactly that. It's easy to see this situation in black and white, and Linus's approach to the conversation is rather polarizing in that regard.