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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Linux kernel project continuity
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The Linux kernel development project is widely distributed, with over
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100 maintainers each working to keep changes moving through their own
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repositories. The final step, though, is a centralized one where changes
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are pulled into the mainline repository. That is normally done by Linus
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Torvalds but, as was demonstrated by the 4.19 release in 2018, there are
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others who can do that work when the need arises.
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Should the maintainers of that repository become unwilling or unable to
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do that work going forward (including facilitating a transition), the
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project will need to find one or more replacements without delay. The
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process by which that will be done is listed below. $ORGANIZER is the
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last Maintainer Summit organizer or the current Linux Foundation (LF)
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Technical Advisory Board (TAB) Chair as a backup.
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- Within 72 hours, $ORGANIZER will open a discussion with the invitees
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of the most recently concluded Maintainers Summit. A meeting of those
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invitees and the TAB, either online or in-person, will be set as soon
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as possible in a way that maximizes the number of people who can
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participate.
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- If there has been no Maintainers Summit in the last 15 months, the set of
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invitees for this meeting will be determined by the TAB.
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- The invitees to this meeting may bring in other maintainers as needed.
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- This meeting, chaired by $ORGANIZER, will consider options for the
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ongoing management of the top-level kernel repository consistent with
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the expectation that it maximizes the long term health of the project
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and its community.
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- Within two weeks, a representative of this group will communicate to the
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broader community, using the ksummit@lists.linux.dev mailing list, what
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the next steps will be.
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The Linux Foundation, as guided by the TAB, will take the steps
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necessary to support and implement this plan.
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