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37:34 · 72K views · Nov 16, 2016
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.
HN points to it as an authoritative overview of the kernel's email-and-git workflow and its development rate.
4 comments from Hacker News
Just dropping this gem of a talk[1], for the uninitiated. There is a place for this, even if people in the thread have never seen it. [1]: this video
Greg KH gives a pretty good talk about the rate of kernel development fairly regularly[1]. But yes, it's been consistently getting faster every kernel release. [1]: this video
Here is another overview of how the kernel uses git and why no emails is simply not possible (or sensible). this video
Is your post written in ignorance of Intel's "0-day bot," kernelci, et al. or are you just complaining about the workflow it uses? this video Edit: kbuild catching build failure in question: [LINK]