"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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
