Linux Kernel Development, Greg Kroah-Hartman - Git Merge 2016
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.
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.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2016 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec darau1 · 2023-10 · on “Email and Git = <3”
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]
Recommends hyperion2010 · 2017-08 · on “Why GitHub Can't Host the Linux Kernel Community”
Here is another overview of how the kernel uses git and why no emails is simply not possible (or sensible). [this video]
Recommends cyphar · 2019-10 · on “OpenBSD Crossed 400k Commits”
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]
Cites forgottenpass · 2016-12 · on “'Upset' Linus Torvalds gets sweary and gets results”
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]