I get that Linus is a superhero, but it’s still so weird to me that this vital piece of the world’s infrastructure relies on one man.
I think its better to think of it like a president or prime minister. He might set the plan and direction and making the big decisions, but there are thousands of others supporting and making the plan actually happen.
In the past he has delegated the release to others as well.
So if the worst would happen, the linux project would continue operating fairly seamlessly.
That’s because it doesn’t : ) He is the top level engineer/manager for releases and technical consultation but there are many more engineers “under” him leading and moving the pieces into place.
Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/2347/
It is a small bunch of people though.
Crappy title.
It’s paraphrasing Torvalds himself though. It’s a cheeky title.
“… and I have absolutely no excuses to delay the v6.6 release any more, so here it is,”