This article by IBM Software Engineer Paul Larson looks at how the process of developing and testing the Linux kernel has changed since the 2.4 release. Larson looks at tools, tests, and techniques — from revision control and regression testing to bugtracking and list keeping — and concludes that the development technique improvements are among the 2.6 kernel's best new… features.

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