Matt, you're right, this is a pretty low-drama community. Debian OTOH is a lot more "fun" on the community dynamics, Biella Coleman has done a lot of research on how FOSS groups deal with conflict -- really recommended: http://www.healthhacker.org/biella/
In any case, yes, we all trust MartinD, so he calls the shots. Except that in practice it almost never ever happens. There are other more indirect ways of dealing with conflict.
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