From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1DCB36073E for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2026 04:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775103349; cv=none; b=jPzu8+liO/ZcGSq9+Mo/zdRnTx2ahZ60Y2GfX6ydzvhjzQUY6Rqaxr40UdFmu4OV34/PRx94jtMcSb0qU7vdScQ/AP/LXHYQnOGPeCueZptbO491k42JHN4CxKXWt9xS4uWzNIdjUZVNcEDD5E4tA8ftcGTvYiJOf+AUgxEs4ag= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775103349; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cWifz5TRByEHyCWYqAwswNdsEakDMxLG+K29NzNeZRs=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition; b=VD0vfs6y6MZHTdvy8+gC3O7PSRZl77pRrIjOyNiV+o2e4Y42MjQS6xczMAPJmKEXcw0By/KyRFMmDI2gluQf4nfY2gfk98aksrum4jcn6w7+/TADsgql6BMKQIEtohn/oCl/SZ68SxHA1J/mGMI1qiaqsB8WFdKsd/SNuN+SRhY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=an4hL3cm; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="an4hL3cm" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6295EC19423; Thu, 2 Apr 2026 04:15:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1775103348; bh=cWifz5TRByEHyCWYqAwswNdsEakDMxLG+K29NzNeZRs=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=an4hL3cmX5OqLlzxt3/Vo+UYzjpgzcaqcipKmBS43Nn3zLwduZdyreU0zUREJOBUa fN+Q7osoDLSlDV5TfQY6RpwdmGuw+r6ho42a/hrVBxXJShcgptsmRGLL2FofDaux8h Bc1fvJlFJXvATebWDt+FpeAbWeXV+04WV51DPB62pWYNia4iHeDm6nppeEdnKb+5rV pB3OFxJunP2/zAzNcjVE17YXjGApN0hOzg3g3/aoYWnbDwvzyWtoB2eBhkFovSNcy/ lxg2veGj5ptxva73St0xwj7wxgN/DcFbfz3kE00ZXTZVCa/Vpi3DwTH58uvh5vymba wEaDKp3DkFtWw== Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 00:15:47 -0400 From: Konstantin Ryabitsev To: ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: [TECH TOPIC] new maintainer-oriented features of b4 Message-ID: <20260402-singing-silver-swine-c7e31b@lemur> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Hello, all: I would like to propose a tech topic for the upcoming kernel summit. B4 is already a well-known tool for retrieving and applying series from lore.kernel.org. Recently, it gained several new features that can make the life of a maintainer a bit easier: - b4 review - helps with code review and full series lifecycle management - b4 bugs - integrates distributed bug tracking into your workflow This session will go over the new features and how they can assist overloaded maintainers in keeping a handle on the stream of incoming changes and bug reports while retaining decentralized nature of Linux kernel development. Best regards, -- KR