From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D306111BE for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 20:45:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-it0-f50.google.com (mail-it0-f50.google.com [209.85.214.50]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98B9E2D5 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 20:45:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-it0-f50.google.com with SMTP id j81-v6so17588717ite.0 for ; Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:45:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1536263073.6012.3.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1536263475.6012.5.camel@HansenPartnership.com> In-Reply-To: From: Linus Torvalds Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 13:45:11 -0700 Message-ID: To: Olof Johansson Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cc: James Bottomley , ksummit Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER TOPIC] Succession Planning: Is It time to Throw Linus Under a Bus? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:35 PM Olof Johansson wrote: > > I'd argue that having a group would be substantially more robust, > especially since the pool of people are likely to come from industry > and not just LF. We're all pretty good at leaving company politics and > influence out of our community work, but it's still desirable to have > a bit of balance in the higher maintainer roles. I think the groups mostly have worked well, but I don't believe in that "balance" notion at all. Because I think *the* most important issue would be that the group maintainers trust each other, not that they come from different areas in industry. Of course, outside people would have to trust that group too, but trust within the group is I think the most important part by far. Linus