>there are at least a dozen people who can take over tomorrow Well, this is its own sort of problem though [0]. A good thing about a BDFL is unambiguously havi

>there are at least a dozen people who can take over tomorrow Well, this is its own sort of problem though [0]. A good thing about a BDFL is unambiguously having someone in charge, accountable and responsible with power to "decide" as opposed to no one or too many fighting for it. When people ask this question I think they intend to know "who does Linus want or will he put in charge?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_crisis [0]