The proposed patch was agreed during session at LPC 2024

Posted Nov 27, 2024 15:25 UTC (Wed) by bluca (subscriber, #118303)
Parent article: The kernel's command-line commotion

Note that the rejected patch came out of a discussion at LPC 2024, where this was discussed at length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA2UJ5C_UGw

At this point I do have to wonder why we bother with taking the time and effort to organize these MCs and sessions at the conference, if they are effectively pointless?

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The proposed patch was agreed during session at LPC 2024

Posted Nov 27, 2024 16:50 UTC (Wed) by butlerm (subscriber, #13312) [Link] (1 responses)

It seems to me the answer is that the Linux kernel is not governed by a committee it is ultimately governed by Linus Torvalds. In a reversal of the usual democratic scheme it is a committee that proposes and Linus disposes. And if there are any objections the answer of course is to fork the kernel and rename it after yourself instead.

The proposed patch was agreed during session at LPC 2024

Posted Dec 13, 2024 21:18 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Like it or not, the BDFL model is very successful.

As is "he who pays the piper calls the tune" or, in FLOSS terms, "he who puts in the work makes the rules".

I'm not saying all of them are, but many calls for "democracy" in FLOSS projects are "we want to control the committee that tells you where to direct your efforts". That usually is a dead flop as far as volunteers are concerned. And as we've seen - with Firefox amongst others - all too often a foundation intended to support a project has great difficulty paying developers, for whatever reason ...

Cheers,
Wol

The proposed patch was agreed during session at LPC 2024

Posted Nov 27, 2024 20:27 UTC (Wed) by ebiederm (subscriber, #35028) [Link]

It has never been the case in the linux kernel that you have to be in the one specific physical room at one specific time to get your opinion heard.

With a community as large as the linux kernel it is unreasonable to expect that.

At best you can conclude is that you didn't have everyone whose opinion mattered in the room.

I honestly find it scary someone would expect that being in a physical room would do more than help get the empathy and attention of the people who care.