Re: >that only he seems to find acceptable.<
"I take that to mean..."
You are adding a qualification where none is needed; this just confuses things.
Every time El Reg's APAC editor posts an article about the way Linus manages the LKML the majority of the comments here support Linus. In view of this, when El Reg's APAC editor claims that Linus works in a way "that only he seems to find acceptable" he [EL Reg's APAC editor] knows it to be untrue; it's just click-baiting.
Personally, I'd sooner work with someone who is straight and honest than someone who resorts to misrepresenting the facts in order to pursue a personal vendetta.