Re: Linus is on a powertrip..

kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:46:24 -0500 (CDT)

And lo, Larry McVoy saith unto me:
>
> We have two problems to think about:
>
> 1) do as much as we can in the short term (1-5 years) to keep Linus offloaded
> enough that he stays interested and retains power.
>
> 2) start thinking now about grooming a replacement.
>
> That second one is dicy but it's inevitable that Linus will eventually
> want to leave his current role - it's just too much pressure to want
> for the rest of your life.
Any leader needs to delegate. Grooming a replacement, and keeping said
replacement on board as a hot spare, could be done by having Linus delegate
some authority to this person. He already has people he more or less
trusts to submit good patches...

> The problem is - who would you groom? I can think of lots of people who
> would volunteer but most (all?) of them are also disqualified. It's an
> issue. I suspect that the grooming process would help.
I agree that the grooming process would have to be preceded by (or include
under its umbrella) a selection/weeding-out process....

Keith

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