Oct 19, 2022 13:00:00

Linus Torvalds advises developers that ``you should graduate from high school to work in a hurry at the last minute''

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When Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the gentle lifelong dictator of Linux kernel development, released Linux 6.1-rc1, an early release candidate for Linux 6.1, he said, I want you to add , and it is reported that I called on the developer to graduate from high school to work at the last minute.

Linux-Kernel Archive: Linux 6.1-rc1
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2210.2/00359.html

Linus Torvalds to Linux devs: Stop pulling all-nighters • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/17/linux_6_1_rc1/

The development of the Linux kernel incorporates the concept of a 'merge window'. This means that at the start of the development cycle, we have two weeks to merge major changes before the first release candidate is created. After two weeks, Mr. Torvalds will close the merge window and release the first release candidate (-rc1). After releasing this first release candidate, the kernel will be stabilized.

'Version 6.1 won't be a particularly big release,' Torvalds said in the kernel's weekly update. said.

Additionally, Torvalds said on the mailing list, ``After cleaning up my machine and catching up with the merge window, I was a little frustrated with some late submission pull requests.

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According to Torvalds, the two-week merge window is meant to give Torvalds enough time to read through the various pull requests, but just before the window closed, It is said that there were many pull requests sent.

Torvalds said, ``The habit of staying up all night to finish a report the day before a deadline should be thrown out the window after high school. It has nothing to do with kernel development. But shouldn't more people keep it in mind?'