Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and kernel developers cooperating to turn it into a global cgroup manager?
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:56:02
Message-Id: 5264FA0F.8070802@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and kernel developers cooperating to turn it into a global cgroup manager? by Mark David Dumlao
1 On 2013-10-20 9:14 PM, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Linus isnt actually actively developing the kernel nowadays. Mostly he
3 > just merges commits from his "trusted lieutenants" in charge of various
4 > subsystems. The notion of Linus as being at the helm is mostly just a
5 > convenient fiction that corporate culture (and by extension, the media)
6 > - which is used to "strong leadership" - uses to make sense of open
7 > source development.
8
9 I know all that, but he does have the final word on merges still, right?
10 Which is the most important aspect of the point at hand...

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