Is Linux Too Much for One Mere Mortal to Handle?

[Michael Haney]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 July 2010 03:22, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
>> Is it time for Linus Torvalds to share more of the responsibility for
>> Linux that he's been shouldering? "If Linux wants to keep up with the
>> competition there is much work to do, more than even a man of Linus's
>> skill to accomplish," argued Slashdot blogger hairyfeet. "Don't be
>> fooled that Linus has to scale," countered Robert Pogson. "He has to
>> work hard, but he is the team captain and doorman."
>> [See Full Story] <http://www.linuxinsider.com/edpick/70461.html>
>>
>
> Part of the problem is his use of Git, which means that anything
> official _has_ to go through him. He can't have committers, because
> that's not how DVCS works.
>

Still, contingencies need to be in place just-in-case.  Linus isn't
getting any younger and then there's the unforeseeable accident, or
the unforeseeable illness.  He needs to have in place some plan that
can keep the work going in the event he can't do it anymore.

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