This is much more reasonable than the "paraphrased" reply in the blog post.
I think it's somewhat dishonest that the blog author used the quotation feature in his blog post, but instead of including a quote he made up his own response as if the kernel maintainer said it. I barely noticed this parenthetical above the gigantic block quote:
> He said (paraphrasing):
Anyone reading the blog post too fast would assume the kernel maintainer actually said those dismissive words in the gigantic block quote.
Yeah, and I might have felt a bit “blind” if it were not for you guys also having the same experience: I did not see that parenthetical at all, probably both on account of the linebreak right before it and the (as you say) huge blockquote.
I think it's somewhat dishonest that the blog author used the quotation feature in his blog post, but instead of including a quote he made up his own response as if the kernel maintainer said it. I barely noticed this parenthetical above the gigantic block quote:
> He said (paraphrasing):
Anyone reading the blog post too fast would assume the kernel maintainer actually said those dismissive words in the gigantic block quote.