By clicking "next in thread" in that very post you get Linus replying to himself with a non-truncating plan:
Thanks for the link.
Re: snark, I did hit "next in thread" but managed to skim over that in his response.
But again, thanks anyway.
(Note: this still sounds more like spitballing than "the plan", but at least it's a step in the right direction)
https://marc.info/?l=git&m=148787047422954