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For those unaware, Christop Hellwig is the Linux maintainer who tried to block Rust bindings for DMA.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      254·
      19 小时前

      I think it’s safe to blame that first one on Linus’ absence.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      863·
      21 小时前

      Honestly I kind of want Linus to step down too. He’s been slowly moving away for a long time already. It might be time for a new primary maintainer to step up.

      • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        811·
        21 小时前

        I really really don’t. As soon as he does, corporate vultures (such as MBA degree holders) and people who “want to change what ‘open source’ means” will swoop in. If we replace Linus, I hope its someone very similar to him who isn’t afraid to be a hardass where it’s needed and will keep the current vision of Linux alive.

        • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
          10·
          10 小时前

          If Linus is the only person keeping Linux from descending into corporate enshittification then the project is critically vulnerable already.

          What if Linus steps back for personal reasons? What if he falls ill? What if a family member falls ill? What if he’s ousted within the foundation? Linux cannot afford to have Linus being a single point of failure.

        • Yardy Sardley@lemmy.ca
          272·
          20 小时前

          Such is the problem with dictators in any situation. A benevolent dictator might be one of the most productive ways to run a project, but at some point there has to be a successor. Even a mildly-less-benevolent dictator could cause a lot of damage. Linux needs a governance structure with checks and balances even if it means slower decision making; it’s too important to let fall into the wrong hands.

          • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
            2·
            17 小时前

            Fully agree with this

            Any dictator at some point can cause irreparable harm, this is something that should never be able to happen.

            This is coming from a huge fan of Linus, he really is a hero to me

        • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          20 小时前

          As long as good actors can still do good work in a fork of Linux then hopefully it’s resistant to corporate vultures.

      • notanapple@lemm.eeEnglish
        23·
        21 小时前

        Let Linus see through the Rust inclusion in Linux. I dont think it will go well without him. He is well respected in the Linux community so people are more willing to compromise with him.