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He's not even a top 20 approver. Greg KH takes those honors, Andrew Morton is number 3, and I forget the rest. The list comes out annually from the Linux Founda
by yes_or_gnome 10y ago
He's not even a top 20 approver. Greg KH takes those honors, Andrew Morton is number 3, and I forget the rest. The list comes out annually from the Linux Foundation. (Sorry, no link.) The foundation requires an email address and credentials before providing access to the pdf.
During the merge window, Linus takes in most of changes for the next kernel release. All of which have been approved by someone else. With each RC release, the lieutenants still approve most of the new changes. It's a matter of when a crucial fix is needed for Linus's mainline kernel, then he'll accept a commit directly.