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Andy Price

"What is really needed, [Linus Torvalds] said, is to find ways to get away from the email patch model, which is not really working anymore."

lwn.net/SubscriberLink/952034/

Well I didn't think I'd ever read those words but I'll be glad to see Linux development moving in that direction.

[Edit: replaced link with a free-to-view link]

24 Nov 2023 at 21:34 | Open on mastodon.social
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The Penguin of Evil

@andyprice Feed bugzilla to chatgpt and ask it to write patches 8)

24 Nov 2023 at 21:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Andy Price

@etchedpixels Might be a fun exercise but I think "Signed-off-by: ChatGPT" is already on block :)

24 Nov 2023 at 21:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Campbell Jones :budgie:
domi

@andyprice hah! mailing patches has (un)officially died today. now, I wonder what the new adopted system will be. knowing Torvalds, it can either be something well-established like gitlab, or turbo extravagant, like writing something from scratch, and I see either as equally possible

25 Nov 2023 at 1:56 | Open on donotsta.re
Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
@andyprice
> Torvalds said that some subsystems are setting their requirements for contributors too high, making it hard for new developers to come in. Chinner added that the kernel's culture can be off-putting and not inclusive, making people fight to get their changes in.

I think that's much more important than the email vs. PR bit, which isn't *that* much of a difference, it doesn't solves social problems.
@andyprice
> Torvalds said that some subsystems are setting their requirements for contributors too high, making it hard for new developers to come in. Chinner added that the kernel's culture can be off-putting and not inclusive, making people fight to get their changes in.
25 Nov 2023 at 6:51 | Open on queer.hacktivis.me
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