some people just need to move on

this is why fresh blood is periodically needed. lennart and linus are entrenched fixtures who routinely indulge their frailties because they are completely comfortable exposing their emotions to the community, which tells me both of them are too close to it all and just need to back away.

it would be hugely beneficial for linus and lennart to both take some time off from linux work. i don't believe no one else is qualified. let someone else drive for a while. shaking up the roster would dislodge the notion that kernel development is a cabal of touchy, cranky old boys

in my mind the freebsd model is much better here - a governing board that has a set term limit. new blood comes in to the system and breaks down entrenched barriers.