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Hendrikto

You know that even Linus recently said that Linux has outgrown the email workflow and needs to find an alternative?

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Do you have a source for that? I would like to learn more about that

E-mail based workflow for Linux is starting to break down as the amount of patches is too huge.

* https://lwn.net/Articles/860607/

* https://lwn.net/Articles/952034/

* https://lwn.net/Articles/952146/

* https://lwn.net/Articles/950567/

* https://lwn.net/Articles/959069/

* https://lwn.net/Articles/815332/

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. It’s nice to see a side of this which isn’t just about a clash of tech cultures (it seems).

Sure:

> What is really needed, he said, is to find ways to get away from the email patch model, which is not really working anymore. He feels that way now, even though he is "an old-school email person". [0]

[0]: https://lwn.net/Articles/952034/

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