From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 08:57:48 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: tech-board-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Message-ID: <20190908125748.GE2012@sasha-vm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [Ksummit-discuss] TAB Nomination - Sasha Levin List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , While it is true that many eyeballs make all bugs shallow, we are short on eyeballs. Our current development methodology doesn't work well when we don't have enough developers reviewing the code: it takes longer for code to be reviewed and merged upstream, it allows more bugs to sneak into the upstream kernel, and even more bugs into stable kernels - which our users rely on. The kernel sees continued growth year after year, and extensive efforts are made to introduce "new blood", but I believe it is not enough: the way forward is not only to get more eyeballs in the game, but also to enable our existing eyeballs to be even more effective and to allow them to focus on what matters most - the code. If elected, I would work to promote and encourage LF projects and initiatives that make our existing developers more effective: - Better kernel infrastructure, such as the work being done on lore.kernel.org or pgpkeys.git. - Better testing infrastructure, such as the recently founded kernelci project. - New initiatives to reduce developer overhead, such as AUTOSEL or the pull-tracker bot. - Great conferences: LPC Is a great tool to help developers, but right now it's at capacity and we need to find ways to address that. In short, as a TAB member I would like to focus more on the day to day work we all do, and work with the the Linux Foundation to make it a more hospitable home for us - Linux Kernel developers. About me: I maintain the stable/LTS kernel trees and liblockdep. I'm currently employed by Microsoft where I maintain the internal kernel tree for our various products, maintain the upstream Hyper-V subsystem, support developers making the switch from Windows to Linux, and advise on various technical topics not directly related to the kernel. -- Thanks, Sasha