Keynote: Linus Torvalds in conversation with Dirk Hohndel
Interviewat Open Source Summit Europe + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2019 · on Tuesday, 2019-10-29· at 09:00· Amphitheatre·
summary
Release 5.4 shows a late surge of patches after a quiet start and a weird filesystem change causes platform-specific boot hangs that land in the 5.4 cycle; kernel complexity surfaces as subtle subsystem interactions but improved static/dynamic testing and layered stable/LTS packaging reduce real-world risk. Real-time (RT) work reaches near-merge after a decade of effort. Maintainers spend most time reading and replying to email, insist on clear commit messages, and keep short feedback windows; current dev kernels carry playful names like kleptomaniac octopus.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Kernel development overview
- 9:34The maintainer's workflow
- 13:34History and community
- 17:38Project philosophy and growth
- 21:51Naming conventions and future
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