[PLUG] Linus is mad at a kernel maintainer

wes plug at the-wes.com
Sat Dec 29 05:11:54 UTC 2012


"Kernel by committee" is essentially how BSD is run. I feel that is the
primary, fundamental difference between the Linux world and the BSD world.
Linux is grown by a community; BSD is designed by a team. The community
contributes heavily to both.

-wes


On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 7:27 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/28/2012 08:03 AM, MJang wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > This message from Linus on the kernel mailing list is interesting
> > (warning; language at the link is pretty salty).
> >
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1414106
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
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> Reading this thread, I think many of you are confused. Perhaps looking
> the whole thread will give a better picture.
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1413835/focus=1414106
>
> Linushas his moments, but we needa dictator to keep the kernel in line.
> Otherwise we might as well just run Windows.In this case, there is no
> corporate HR dept. There are few waysto govern volunteers on a F/OSS
> project.  If they screw up, you can't fire them or give them a bad
> annual reviewwith reduced raiseetc. The only way that seems to work is
> bothVERY public praise for a job well done and EXTREMELY public ridicule
> for screwingup.  Anything else just won't work.  Since Linux, via
> Slackware, is my day-to-day OS of choice, a BDFL (1)has certain
> advantages: stability, don't break stuff when updating. Building a
> kernel, or an OS,  is not what a democracy doeswell. Kernel by commitee?
> Good grief, NO!
>
> -Ed
>
> (1) Benevolent Dictator for Life
>
>
>
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