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This is a good answer. Especially in the light of the 2021 drama and the maintainer's benevolent dictator status. What happens when the community disagrees with a benevolent dictator's decision?

https://lwn.net/Articles/870478/


> What happens when the community disagrees with a benevolent dictator's decision?

They discuss it, try to come to a compromise, and if all else fails, fork it.

Maybe it's not ideal, but then again, people seem to have a big problem when you have 'boards' running these projects too, so...


All hail the actual time lord


Same as with glibc and Ullrich Drepper.


A revolution


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