Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-24 Thread Anon Loli
On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 07:45:16AM +1000, Stuart Longland VK4MSL wrote: > On 22/10/24 18:56, Christian Schulte wrote: > > If anything would happen to Richard Stallman, he is 71 years old > > according to wikipedia. > > Statistically speaking, he's more likely to be thrown under a bus by all the >

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-23 Thread notpeter87 notpeter87
hello,thanks Jan for the URL: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=95080825917571&w=2From:   Theo de Raadt Date:   2000-02-17 17:23:36> Basically, noone should be irreplaceable; if someone is, their part> of a project dies when they stop paying attention to it, for whatever> reason. When

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-23 Thread m brandenberg
On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, notpeter87 notpeter87 wrote: if anything would happen to Theo de Raadt, he is 56 years old according to wikipedia, what would happen to OpenBSD? There's a backup of Theo on an RK05 disk. We're good to go! -- Monty Brandenberg, Software Engineer

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-22 Thread Stuart Longland VK4MSL
On 22/10/24 18:56, Christian Schulte wrote: If anything would happen to Richard Stallman, he is 71 years old according to wikipedia. Statistically speaking, he's more likely to be thrown under a bus by all the people he's upset over the years. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I hav

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-22 Thread Nick Holland
On 10/21/24 09:26, notpeter87 notpeter87 wrote: ... if anything would happen to Theo de Raadt, he is 56 years old according to wikipedia, what would happen to OpenBSD? will there be any other strong and technically good leaders for it? ... This is a valid question, but it needs to be asked in

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-22 Thread Kevin Chadwick
22 Oct 2024 11:07:09 Martin Schröder : >> What would happen to Linux? > > Probably Greg would take over. Linux would be in trouble if that happened.

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-22 Thread Martin Schröder
Am Di., 22. Okt. 2024 um 10:57 Uhr schrieb Christian Schulte : > What would happen to Linux? Probably Greg would take over. > If anything would happen to Richard Stallman, he is 71 years old > according to wikipedia. > > What would happen to GNU? There would be much rejoicing. :-) Best Mart

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-22 Thread Christian Schulte
On 10/21/24 15:26, notpeter87 notpeter87 wrote: > if anything would happen to Theo de Raadt, he is 56 years old according > to wikipedia, > > what would happen to OpenBSD? If anything would happen to Linus Torvalds, he is 55 years old according to wikipedia. What would happen to Linux? If anyth

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-22 Thread Jan Johansson
infoomatic wrote: > I will let someone of the project answer this. However, what you > describe is also known as "bus factor", see [1]. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor For the exact problem of buses, it was answered some 20+ years ago. https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=950795

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-21 Thread katie
Hi there, I am really sorry about your father: that is really hard. It seems to me that there are a lot of really committed, experienced, and talented people behind OpenBSD. It is a big, international, project now, and I think it is a mighty ship that can survive different captains. All th

Re: long-running future of OpenBSD

2024-10-21 Thread infoomatic
On 21.10.24 15:26, notpeter87 notpeter87 wrote: if anything would happen to Theo de Raadt, he is 56 years old according to wikipedia, what would happen to OpenBSD? I will let someone of the project answer this. However, what you describe is also known as "bus factor", see [1]. Regards, Robert