▲ 295 ▼ What happens when Linus dies/retires? (lemmy.nz) submitted 2 years ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/linux@lemmy.ml 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments Will we all be fucked or is there a Linus 2?
[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not that much, unfortunately. The entire process of contributing is a huge pain and makes it rather hard for new people to join. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think this is by design. I once contributed to git, and it required putting a patch in the mailing list. It certainly forced you to be sure your code was spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago And it will discourage new users from contributing. Thus, only boomers and corpos will contribute, and over time Linux becomes a de facto corporate owned committee. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think this is by design. I once contributed to git, and it required putting a patch in the mailing list. It certainly forced you to be sure your code was spot on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago And it will discourage new users from contributing. Thus, only boomers and corpos will contribute, and over time Linux becomes a de facto corporate owned committee. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago And it will discourage new users from contributing. Thus, only boomers and corpos will contribute, and over time Linux becomes a de facto corporate owned committee. permalink fedilink source parent