discuss: What happens if Torvalds quits?
Subject:
Re: What happens if Torvalds quits?
From:
David Yitzchak Cohen ####@####.####
Date:
2 Apr 2003 02:03:35 -0000
Message-Id: <20030402020557.GY23211@dave.tj>
/me senses an impending flame war :-(
- Dave
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 07:33:17PM -0600, Robert Gallimore wrote:
> Hi!
> Well I am trying to decide between using FreeBSD and Linux, and one
> question that came up was this... Linux has a "Main Man" so to speak,
> which of course is Linus Torvalds. But other than that, the whole linux
> system does not seem to be bound together by a coherent group of
> developers. It's my understanding that hundreds of people from around
> the world are developing the kernal. This group, however, is not an
> organized unit. So let's say Linus decides to give up on linux, or, God
> forbid, something terrible happens to him and he cant continue
> development. Who will take the helm? We can only guess.
> Now I don't know much about Linux, or FreeBSD, but I think on of the
> things FreeBSD has going for it is that it is developed by a central,
> unified group of people. Their e-mail adresses and names are listed on
> the FreeBSD website. Furthermore, it is not much of a guess as to who
> will lead the group should something happen to the current leader. Linux
> doesent seem to be so unified to me, which in the long run, could bring
> on problems. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I would appreciate
> some advice as to choosing between Linux and FreeBSD. Which one should I
> run and why? Thank you!
>
>
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<type 'exceptions.IOError'> | Python 2.5.2: /usr/bin/python Sat Jul 6 06:34:06 2024 |
A problem occurred in a Python script. Here is the sequence of
function calls leading up to the error, in the order they occurred.
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/main.py in main() |
424
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425 if path is not None:
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426 main_path(path)
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427 else:
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428 main_form()
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global main_form = <function main_form at 0x8cd8c6c> |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/main.py in main_form() |
378 except ImportError:
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379 die(ctxt, "Invalid command")
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380 module.do(ctxt)
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381
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382 def main():
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module = <module 'commands.showmsg' from '/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/commands/showmsg.pyc'>, module.do = <function do at 0x8ce087c>, global ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'} |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/commands/showmsg.py in do(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}) |
18 write(html('msg-pager') % ctxt)
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19 write('<hr>')
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20 sub_showmsg(ctxt, ctxt[MSGNUM])
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21 write('<hr>')
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22 write(html('msg-pager') % ctxt)
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global sub_showmsg = <function sub_showmsg at 0x8cd81ec>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, global MSGNUM = 'msgnum' |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in sub_showmsg(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, msgnum=4169) |
229 format_timestamp(ctxt, ctxt)
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230 write(html('msg-header') % ctxt)
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231 rec_showpart(ctxt, msg, 0)
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232 write(html('msg-footer') % ctxt)
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233 ctxt.pop()
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global rec_showpart = <function rec_showpart at 0x8cd81b4>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, msg = <email.message.Message instance at 0x8d37cac> |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in rec_showpart(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part=<email.message.Message instance at 0x8d37cac>, partnum=1) |
205 else:
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206 for p in part.get_payload():
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207 partnum = rec_showpart(ctxt, p, partnum+1)
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208 else:
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209 write(html('msg-sep') % ctxt)
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partnum = 1, global rec_showpart = <function rec_showpart at 0x8cd81b4>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, p = <email.message.Message instance at 0x8d37dec> |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in rec_showpart(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part=<email.message.Message instance at 0x8d37dec>, partnum=2) |
208 else:
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209 write(html('msg-sep') % ctxt)
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210 sub_showpart(ctxt, part)
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211 return partnum
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212
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global sub_showpart = <function sub_showpart at 0x8cd8144>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part = <email.message.Message instance at 0x8d37dec> |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in sub_showpart(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 1, 'HTTP_X_FORWA...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part=<email.message.Message instance at 0x8d37dec>) |
164 type = ctxt[TYPE] = part.get_content_type()
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165 ctxt[FILENAME] = part.get_filename()
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166 template = html('msg-' + type.replace('/', '-'))
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167 if not template:
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168 template = html('msg-' + type[:type.find('/')])
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global template = <function template at 0x8cd0e9c>, global html = <function html at 0x8cd0ed4>, type = 'application/pgp-signature', type.replace = <built-in method replace of str object at 0x8d39de8> |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in html(name='msg-application-pgp-signature') |
40
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41 def html(name):
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42 return template(name + '.html')
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43
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44 def xml(name):
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global template = <function template at 0x8cd0e9c>, name = 'msg-application-pgp-signature' |
/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in template(filename='msg-application-pgp-signature.html') |
31 except IOError:
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32 if not _template_zipfile:
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33 _template_zipfile = zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[0])
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34 try:
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35 f = _template_zipfile.open(n).read()
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global _template_zipfile = None, global zipfile = <module 'zipfile' from '/usr/lib/python2.5/zipfile.pyc'>, zipfile.ZipFile = <class zipfile.ZipFile at 0x8c69a7c>, global sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>, sys.argv = ['-c', '/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20'] |
/usr/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py in __init__(self=<zipfile.ZipFile instance at 0x8d37ecc>, file='-c', mode='r', compression=0, allowZip64=False) |
337 self.filename = file
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338 modeDict = {'r' : 'rb', 'w': 'wb', 'a' : 'r+b'}
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339 self.fp = open(file, modeDict[mode])
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340 else:
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341 self._filePassed = 1
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self = <zipfile.ZipFile instance at 0x8d37ecc>, self.fp = None, builtin open = <built-in function open>, file = '-c', modeDict = {'a': 'r+b', 'r': 'rb', 'w': 'wb'}, mode = 'r' |
<type 'exceptions.IOError'>: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '-c'
args =
(2, 'No such file or directory')
errno =
2
filename =
'-c'
message =
''
strerror =
'No such file or directory'