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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER TOPIC] Succession Planning: Is It
 time to Throw Linus Under a Bus?
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On Thu, 2018-09-06 at 12:57 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 12:44 PM James Bottomley
> <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I think a vote amongst the Maintainer Summit attendees might be the
> > way to elect a new leader, but others probably have different
> > ideas.
> 
> I *literally* suggested that this is why it would be best to do it
> without me in Vancouver.
> 
> Because what better opportunity for a palace coup than when the old
> dictator is off gallivanting? It's very traditional.

It's happened occasionally, but it's not very traditional.  Usually
when people do a palace coup replacement, the tumbrels are waiting
outside to cart the old dictator off to their sticky end.  You can't
afford to leave them around, you see: they can pop up later and spoil
the new republic inordinately.

So, I think if we're running a sanctioned palace coup, we really need
you around to anoint the successor(s).

James