Torvalds says in the official announcement that the development of the next kernel update is unlikely to be impacted substantially by the new coronavirus outbreak, as most engineers are typically working from home anyway.
However, he does admit that a slowdown is expected due to social distancing and the pandemic.
“And while I haven’t really seen any real sign of kernel development being impacted by all the coronavirus activity – I suspect a lot of us work from home even normally, and my daughter laughed at me and called me a “social distancing champ” the other day – it may be worth just mentioning: I think we’re all reading the news and slightly distracted,” Torvalds said.
“I’m currently going by the assumption that we’ll have a fairly normal 5.7 release, and there do… (read more)
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