> That's the very point of a bdfl : it assumes he knows better than others I think it's not that he knows better, it's that there can be a single, coherent, co

> That's the very point of a bdfl : it assumes he knows better than others I think it's not that he knows better, it's that there can be a single, coherent, consistent design consciousness. A BFDL can create an effective process of evolution rather than some of the more egregious open-mob process failures that are prevalent in open source.