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[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 10 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I think the voting thing is a terrible idea

Greg KH will probably take over

[–] big_dog_lemmy@lemmy.ca 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours 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