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What is the state of "kernel devs getting older, and foundation having difficulty finding fresh talent" as of December 2020? and what is the state of embracing
by yudlejoza 6y ago
What is the state of "kernel devs getting older, and foundation having difficulty finding fresh talent" as of December 2020?
and what is the state of embracing more and more modern methods in the spirit of computer-aided software engineering? (not the BS 1990s hype of CASE, but genuine, meaningful, modern, and research-backed CASE).
(Credit where credit is due: git is one such example, but we need more such tools, shouldn't just stop at modernizing just the version control).
- gregkh 6y agoEveryone gets older, the alternative isn't as attractive :) Seriously, the kernel averages about 200-250 new contributors every release (i.e. every 2 1/2 months). We are not starved for new contributors at the moment at all, do you think we are somehow not attracting new developers compared to other open source projects?
- sargun 6y agoThe media has talked about how the kernel development community has been slow to get new blood: https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2020/08/25/linux_kernel_email/ https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2020/08/25/linux_ke... I’m not sure that _this_ is the (a?) problem, but if someone were purely sourcing CNCF / Linux foundation / press releases they might think the project is heading for a day when the old guard keels over and we’re left high and dry.
- yudlejoza 6y agoHi Greg! :) I was mainly referring to something I read many years ago (regarding new kernel devs), e.g., this from 2013 [0]. However, from your response, looks like that's not a problem. [0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/graying-linux-developers-look-for-new-blood https://www.zdnet.com/article/graying-linux-developers-look-...