▲ 44 ▼ Linus Torvalds jokingly ponders his successor as Linux boss (www.theregister.com) submitted 8 months ago by monica_b1998@lemmy.world to c/linux@sopuli.xyz 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 10 points 8 months ago (5 children) Let the community vote. Get them onboarded and functioning now. If they don't work out, try another. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (3 children) I think the voting thing is a terrible idea Greg KH will probably take over permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] big_dog_lemmy@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago (2 children) Perhaps a ranked voting system? Succession methodologies rarely work any better, and lead to all kinds of nepotism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child) We need nepotism in the Kernel, whomever takes over needs to be a long time developer with skills. Elections are great for steering committees and such it not for a huge highly technical piece of software that powers the world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago* I agree. The democratization is already there, it's called forking. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 1 point 8 months ago This might be one of the few cases where democracy won't actually work very well. If for no other reason than that I don't think we can actually define the community in any useful way. Technocracy/meritocracy in this case is better, so long as disaffected groups can fork the kernel rather than be forced to accept what that leadership decides (they can). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (3 children) I think the voting thing is a terrible idea Greg KH will probably take over permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] big_dog_lemmy@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago (2 children) Perhaps a ranked voting system? Succession methodologies rarely work any better, and lead to all kinds of nepotism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child) We need nepotism in the Kernel, whomever takes over needs to be a long time developer with skills. Elections are great for steering committees and such it not for a huge highly technical piece of software that powers the world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago* I agree. The democratization is already there, it's called forking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] big_dog_lemmy@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago (2 children) Perhaps a ranked voting system? Succession methodologies rarely work any better, and lead to all kinds of nepotism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child) We need nepotism in the Kernel, whomever takes over needs to be a long time developer with skills. Elections are great for steering committees and such it not for a huge highly technical piece of software that powers the world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago* I agree. The democratization is already there, it's called forking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child) We need nepotism in the Kernel, whomever takes over needs to be a long time developer with skills. Elections are great for steering committees and such it not for a huge highly technical piece of software that powers the world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago* I agree. The democratization is already there, it's called forking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 point 8 months ago* I agree. The democratization is already there, it's called forking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 1 point 8 months ago This might be one of the few cases where democracy won't actually work very well. If for no other reason than that I don't think we can actually define the community in any useful way. Technocracy/meritocracy in this case is better, so long as disaffected groups can fork the kernel rather than be forced to accept what that leadership decides (they can). permalink fedilink source parent
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