Ubuntu Developer Summit Brussels: Prototype tool helps tracking kernel patches | Linux Today

Ubuntu Developer Summit Brussels: Prototype tool helps tracking kernel patches

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 15, 2010

“Canonical’s Steve Conklin presented the Patchtracker in the
kernel roundtable during the first day of the international Ubuntu
Developer Summit.

“Steve Conklin, member of the kernel team at Canonical, wrote
the patchtracker during the last couple of months, much of it in
the last two weeks. The patchtracker is written in python running
on the Django framework. It allows developers to locate all git
branches in which a certain kernel patch found its way.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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