Linux Kernel Developers Summit

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The Linux Kernel Developers Summit is an annual gathering of the top Linux kernel developers. Attendance to the summit is by invitation only, and the conference was first held in San Jose in March, 2001.[1] It was organized by Theodore Ts'o to provide a face to face venue for kernel developers to discuss current and future issues surrounding Linux kernel development, and was initially run by Usenix and then VA Linux's Open Source Developer's Network.[2] Subsequent summits from 2002 to 2006 were held the two days prior to the Ottawa Linux Symposium in Ottawa, Canada at the same conference center with Usenix providing all of the logistical support. The 2007 Kernel Summit was held on the 4th-6th of September 2007 at the DeVere University Arms Hotel in Cambridge, England, and was the first time the summit was moved outside of North America.

The discussions at the kernel summit have traditionally been highly technical, with a focus on issues that were not getting resolution via electronic mail. In recent years, however, the summit has been gradually focusing more on higher level development process issues.[3] An example of an important development process decision made at the kernel summit was the decision to move to a rolling stable 2.6 kernel every few months, instead of the formerly used model utilizing a 1-2 year development cycle.[4]. The Linux Technical Advisory Board is elected at a bird-of-a-feather session at the Linux Kernel Summit.[5]

The summit usually hosts around 80 or so attendees.

Date Host country Location Website Summary
March 30–31 2001 Flag of the United States United States Hyatt Hotel, San Jose, CA [6] [7][8]
June 24–25 2002 Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario [9] [10][11][12]
July 21–22 2003 Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario [13] [14]
July 19–20 2004 Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario [15] [16]
July 18–19 2005 Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario [17] [18][19]
July 16–18 2006 Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario [20] [21]
September 4–6 2007 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom DeVere University Arms Hotel, Cambridge [22] [23]

[edit] References

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  2. ^ DiBona, Chris (April 2001). "The Linux Kernel Summit". Linux Journal. 
  3. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (August 2007). "Looking ahead to Kernel Summit 2007". LinuxWorld. 
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  5. ^ Andrews, Jeremy (August 2007). Linux: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board. KernelTrap.
  6. ^ Linux 2.5 Developer's Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
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  9. ^ 2002 Linux Kernel Developers Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
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  11. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (August 2002). "The Ottawa Kernel Summit, Day One". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix. 
  12. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (August 2002). "The Ottawa Kernel Summit, Day Two". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix. 
  13. ^ 2003 Linux Kernel Developers Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  14. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (July 2003). "The 2003 Linux Kernel Developers Summit". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix. 
  15. ^ 2004 Linux Kernel Developers Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  16. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (July 2004). "The 2004 Linux Kernel Developers Summit". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix. 
  17. ^ 2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  18. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (October 2005). "2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit". ;login: 55–57. Usenix. 
  19. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (July 2005). "The 2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix. 
  20. ^ 2006 Linux Kernel Developers Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  21. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (July 2006). "The 2006 Linux Kernel Developers Summit". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix. 
  22. ^ 2007 Linux Kernel Developers Summit. Usenix. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  23. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (September 2007). "The 2007 Linux Kernel Developers Summit". Linux Weekly News. Eklektix.