CiprianDorinCraciun/Presentations/2009/ItFest/Slides/16-LinuxPatchManagement

Linux -- Patch management

• each patch must climb the hierarchical ladder:
  • at the top Linus Torvalds -- releases a new kernel version;
  • subsystem maintainers -- oversee an entire subsystem (USB, networking, etc.);
  • maintainers -- oversee only a small chunk of the code;
  • any developer -- creates patches;
• the tool they use -- Git;
• references:

  • How The Kernel Development Process Works, May 2005, Greg Kroah-Hartman;

  • Git, Wikipedia;