• Orygin@sh.itjust.works
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    Linus knows this codebase better than anyone alive

    Does he? Is it even possible to know the entirety of the Linux kernel within one head?

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      Does one need to know the entirety in their head to know it better than anyone else? If not Linus, who?

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        I’d argue the people who wrote the code for the various subsystems know more about it than the guys who “just” review and merge them.