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800,000 new lines of code. No matter how you count them that’s a lot of typing. My main project has 95 libraries and is nowhere near that massive.
by sixothree 6y ago
800,000 new lines of code. No matter how you count them that’s a lot of typing.
My main project has 95 libraries and is nowhere near that massive.
- randyrand 6y agoThat’s a lot of new surface area for attacks. A lot of new code quickly worries me.
- tedk-42 6y agoWhat if it's 790000 lines of new/updated tests and 10000 of new functionality?
- ajdlinux 6y agoThe day a ratio anywhere close to that happens in the Linux kernel, be alert for all the flying pigs outside.
- tedk-42 6y agoHahaah TIL - Not a contributor, nor do i have the C skills to know what's going on in the code base to understand it
- dotancohen 6y agoI've actually got Pink Floyd on right now, so it's not that far fetched.
- ac29 6y agoA lot of that is driver code, since so many devices are supported by mainstream. The typical user wont see anywhere near 800k new lines of code running on their systems when upgrading.