Re:Why kernel development still uses email (2016)
by erikbye on Saturday September 30, 2017 @04:29PM
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14000 developers from 1300 companies have contributed, since 2005.
From 3.19 to 4.7, an average of 4600 lines of code was added daily.
Over 80% of all kernel development is done by developers paid for their work.
A small number of companies are responsible for a large portion of the total changes. These being, from biggest to lowest contributor: Intel (12.9%), Red Hat (8,0%), Linaro (4%), Samsung, SUSE, IBM, Google (2%), AMD, Texas Instruments, ARM, Oracle.
Contributions from unpaid developers have been in decline for many years. 14.6% in 2012, 7.7% in 2016.
Re:Why kernel development still uses email (2016)
by lifeisstillgood on Sunday October 01, 2017 @02:49AM
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Can I ask how you got that info? Are committers listed as paid / unpaid ?
Let than sink in. It's not only 4000 opinionated devs. It's, potentially, 400 completely different organizations; 400 management layers on top; 400 different priority sets; devs in every time zone; etc. Google is just 1 company (a dozen, if you want to break down Alphabet).
It's amazing that they manage to get 8 changes an hour, and still be one of the most successful open source, and software project in general.
Why changing the system?