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Linux Kernel Development, Greg Kroah-Hartman - Git Merge 2016

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What it is

Greg Kroah-Hartman's Git Merge 2016 talk on how the Linux kernel is developed, how fast it moves, and how git and email workflows keep it manageable. He is the stable kernel maintainer.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an authoritative overview of the kernel's email-and-git workflow and its development rate.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Just dropping this gem of a talk[1], for the uninitiated.”

    Talk showing why email-based git workflow makes sense

    darau1, 2023-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Email and Git = <3”

  2. “Here is another overview of how the kernel uses git and why no emails is simply not possible (or sensible).”

    Overview of how the kernel uses git and email

    hyperion2010, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Why GitHub Can't Host the Linux Kernel Community”

  3. “Greg KH gives a pretty good talk about the rate of kernel development fairly regularly”

    Talk on the rate of kernel development

    cyphar, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “OpenBSD Crossed 400k Commits”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: linux kernel, git, email workflow, open source, maintainers

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