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Am 21.10.2013 11:55, schrieb Tanstaafl: |
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> On 2013-10-20 9:14 PM, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Linus isnt actually actively developing the kernel nowadays. Mostly he |
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>> just merges commits from his "trusted lieutenants" in charge of various |
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>> subsystems. The notion of Linus as being at the helm is mostly just a |
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>> convenient fiction that corporate culture (and by extension, the media) |
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>> - which is used to "strong leadership" - uses to make sense of open |
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>> source development. |
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> I know all that, but he does have the final word on merges still, |
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> right? Which is the most important aspect of the point at hand... |
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and when he goes in, he chooses the most trickiest parts of the kernel |
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(vfs). |
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Just go to any lkml archive and search for his threads with Al Viro. |
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Scary. |
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