Comment by raverbashing

That's a great post, and also the presentation linked there is very interesting and hints at some of the issues (though I disagree with some of the prescriptions there)

Yes, the model is not scaling. Yes the current model is turning people away from contributing

I don't think linux itself is risking extinction, but someday the last person in an IRC channel will turn the lights off and I wonder if then they will think about what could they have done better and why don't people care about finicky buildsystems with liberal use of M4. Probably not.