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I don't follow your comparison. What parts of the Linux ecosystem have a single person maintaining a large multitude of packages? Looking at the kernel itself
by semi 8y ago
I don't follow your comparison. What parts of the Linux ecosystem have a single person maintaining a large multitude of packages?
Looking at the kernel itself you see a hierarchy where people are only responsible for small segments of the kernel.
Looking at a standard distro like Debian, which makes this easily available at https://www.debian.org/devel/people https://www.debian.org/devel/people you'll see that most individuals are only responsible for a handfull of packages, with the bulk having a team responsible for them.
- PhilippGille 8y agoI think with "single responsibility" he means the packages. So instead of complex packages that are hard to maintain they have lots of smaller packages that are easier to maintain. So a single person can maintain several packages. Not saying that I think maintaining hundreds sounds like a good idea, just trying to point out the misunderstanding :) .