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Linus will be a tough one. I have never seen somebody who is able to play the role of benevolent dictator for so long.

• axegon_ 4y ago
  Greg had to take over for short periods in the past and did an excellent job. You could argue that he took over when most of the stuff was already set in stone but still, he did a good job. That said, I'm not sure if he can or would be even willing to do that in the long run.
• ghaff 4y ago
  While wishing Linus the best of heath etc., it's probably one of the projects I worry about the least. It's technically a benevolent dictator model. But as others have mentioned there are a bunch of other maintainers--most notably Greg KH but there are a lot of other senior people heavily involved. It's also under a foundation and, not to put too fine a point on it, a lot of corporations with a lot of money are heavily involved.