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Linus Torvalds (Git was originally created by him) seems to be actively contributing in GitHub for the Linux kernel repository (also created by him): https://gi

• rumblefrog 1y ago
  Isn't the Github repo a mirror?
  • chedabob 1y ago
    Yeah the commit messages suggest all the heavy-lifting was done on kernel.org's server. It's just matched his GH user to the email in the commit.
• konimex 1y ago
  > Anyone has seen his position on this topic? Well, he's not a fan of GitHub pull request as per the last decade. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5654674 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56546...
  • notarobot123 1y ago
    > So sure, you may think I hate github. I don't. I hate very specific parts of github that I think are done badly. > But other parts are done really really well. > I think github does a stellar job at the actual hosting part. I really do. There is no question in my mind that github is one of the absolute best places to host a project. It's fast, it's efficient, it works, and it's available to anybody. > That's wonderful. I think github is absolutely lovely in many respects. > And that then makes me really annoyed at the places where I think github does a subpar job: pull requests and committing changes using the web interface.
• guappa 1y ago
  Fake news. That's just a mirror. The development happens over emails.