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diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/development-process.rst b/Documentation/development-process/development-process.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d431a1098875 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/development-process/development-process.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +A guide to the Kernel Development Process +========================================= + +Contents: + +.. toctree:: + :numbered: + :maxdepth: 2 + + 1.Intro + 2.Process + 3.Early-stage + 4.Coding + 5.Posting + 6.Followthrough + 7.AdvancedTopics + 8.Conclusion + +The purpose of this document is to help developers (and their managers) +work with the development community with a minimum of frustration. It is +an attempt to document how this community works in a way which is +accessible to those who are not intimately familiar with Linux kernel +development (or, indeed, free software development in general). While +there is some technical material here, this is very much a process-oriented +discussion which does not require a deep knowledge of kernel programming to +understand. + |