CiprianDorinCraciun/Presentations/2009/ItFest/Slides/12-LinuxDevelopmentProcess

Linux -- Development process

• quick release cycle (what happens?):

  • new features delivered to users each 2-3 moths as stable releases (2.6.x);
  • for each stable release, bug-fix releases are issued (2.6.x.y);

  • between stable releases RCs (Release Candidate) are released (2.6.x-RCy);

• patch management (how it happens?):

  • for each individual feature the developer creates a patch file;

  • the patch is sent by email to the kernel developers mailing list;
  • each patch is peer-reviewed by the kernel developers;