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I do often wonder about the transition from maintainers such as Linus or Greg and how that might impact the kernel. Is there a line of succession? Will Linus'
by aboringusername 5y ago
I do often wonder about the transition from maintainers such as Linus or Greg and how that might impact the kernel.
Is there a line of succession? Will Linus' standards be maintained? Is a "council" formed similar to Python?
For such mission critical software I really do hope there's a concrete plan in place...We are all human afterall...
- fapjacks 5y agoIt is a classic human political problem, succession of power.
- labname 5y agoTransitions from a monarchy often end in disaster, though it currently seems that the Linux developers would handle it better than the Python developers. "Councils" mostly attract power hungry individuals and get a dictatorial touch. The usual corporations would try to get their representatives into such a council, which destroys the atmosphere because open source development is now like work: You have to submit to the council members in case you want to get hired at their employers. If you don't, they'll intrigue against you and make your life difficult.
- kasperni 5y ago> Is there a line of succession? His oldest child (the crown penguiness), Patricia, is next in line. It is expected that as part of the succession Linux will be renamed to Patricux.
- JetSpiegel 5y ago> I do often wonder about the transition from maintainers such as Linus or Greg and how that might impact the kernel. As mentioned in the article, he already went off in a month long sabbatical and everything remained mostly on rails. I'm guessing that first test has passed now.