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Linus Does Not Scale

Posted by michael on from the where-are-the-clones-when-you-need-them dept.

EmilEifrem writes: "Seems like everybody's getting more and more frustrated by Linus' (in-) ability to handle patches. Rob Landley just wrote an "RFC on Penguin Patch Management" wherein he proposes a "Penguin Patch Lieutenant" system that he believes would scale better. The full discussion can be found on the Linux kernel mailing list. Linus seems to dislike it, as usual, source code maintenance tools/organization are for wimps!, but a lot of others find it a good idea. Anyway, it's a very good read."

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  1. Endowments. by saintlupus · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Linus seems to dislike it, as usual, source code maintenance tools/organization are for wimps!

    This attitude seems pretty common, even to me, and I don't run Linux. Linus takes a lot of flack for his methods of running the kernel development, mostly from people who think that they have a better way.

    Try to remember something. It's his baby. It's his kernel. He doesn't owe you a goddamned thing. And if you've got a better way, start your own Unix style OS project.

    (Reminds me of the book _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ -- after the Revolution on the moon is complete, then all of the armchair politicos come out of the woodwork to say how it should be. The analogy to the current situation is an exercise left for the reader.)

    --saint