This made my day. Over on LKML.org on September 24, 2019,
Linus Torvalds responded to a pull request message
as follows:
For those that don't know or may have forgotten, Linus is the creator and, historically, the principal developer of the Linux kernel and is still active today. I love this part:
Christ. Will that thing _never_ die?
NO! Haha! Happy Friday, Everyone.