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[-] exaybachae@startrek.website 11 points 2 days ago

Let the community vote. Get them onboarded and functioning now. If they don't work out, try another.

[-] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I think the voting thing is a terrible idea

Greg KH will probably take over

[-] big_dog_lemmy@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Perhaps a ranked voting system? Succession methodologies rarely work any better, and lead to all kinds of nepotism.

[-] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We need nepotism in the Kernel, whomever takes over needs to be a long time developer with skills.

Elections are great for steering committees and such it not for a huge highly technical piece of software that powers the world

[-] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I agree. The democratization is already there, it's called forking.

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