I had never expected RMS to let go of his child, but the moment he handed over maintainership of Emacs was really a new starting point. A lot of bickering just went away, and pragmatism played at least some role from then on.

(Obviously not at any cost, he chose his successor(s) very well, so they are trusted and are committed to Free Software)

In the linked thread RMS is a bit detached from reality, IMO, but still very reasonable. In the other thread where this whole LLDB drama started he was simply obnoxious and a bully, even insulting and driving out a contributor.