Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER TOPIC] Succession Planning: Is It time to Throw Linus Under a Bus?

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 9/6/18 3:13 PM, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-09-06 at 13:59 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM James Bottomley
>> <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> This has taken a dark turn.
> 
> You were the one who mentioned dictators ... I was perfectly happy with
> the bus.
> 
>> I do want to point out that I brought the question up last year on
>> the spot. I didn't get any reaction then. I was thinking me not being
>> around would have been more conducive to discussion. But whatever.
> 
> OK, so we could still have a plebiscite in Vancouver; we have the room
> and the time still reserved.  It could propose a succession plan and
> just present it to you.  I admit there's precedent; it's how we did the
> next TAB chair for instance.
> 
> However, I really think for an orderly succession plan, you need to be
> part of it rather than having a palace coup which could end up being
> really messy and divisive.  I suspect people treated your proposal last
> year as more of a joke last year because they didn't think you were
> serious.  If you're really serious about doing this, let's try to come
> up with the succession process in Edinburgh in October and see if we
> can run a Maintainer Summit with the new Leadership in Vancouver in
> November.

This seems rather hasty to me, I think it would be prudent to establish
a timeline (on both sides?). Unless you are really proposing a coup?

-- 
Jens Axboe