On 2013-10-20 9:14 PM, Mark David Dumlao <madum...@gmail.com> wrote:
Linus isnt actually actively developing the kernel nowadays. Mostly he just merges commits from his "trusted lieutenants" in charge of various subsystems. The notion of Linus as being at the helm is mostly just a convenient fiction that corporate culture (and by extension, the media) - which is used to "strong leadership" - uses to make sense of open source development.
I know all that, but he does have the final word on merges still, right? Which is the most important aspect of the point at hand...
