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Ryabitsev: Introducing b4 and patch attestation

([Kernel] Mar 18, 2020 16:24 UTC (Wed) (corbet))


Konstantin Ryabitsev [1]introduces the "b4" tool for kernel development . Developers and LWN readers will be familiar with b4 under its previous name: [2]get-lore-mbox . " On top of that, b4 also introduces support for cryptographic patch attestation, which makes it possible to verify that patches (and their metadata) weren't modified in transit between developers. This is still an experimental feature, but initial tests have been pretty encouraging. " See [3]this article for early coverage of the attestation feature.



[1] https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/introducing-b4-and-patch-attestation

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/811528/

[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/813646/

David Brinkley: The daily astrological charts are precisely where, in my
judgment, they belong, and that is on the comic page.
George Will: I don't think astrology belongs even on the comic pages.
The comics are making no truth claim.
Brinkley: Where would you put it?
Will: I wouldn't put it in the newspaper. I think it's transparent rubbish.
It's a reflection of an idea that we expelled from Western thought in the
sixteenth century, that we are in the center of a caring universe. We are
not the center of the universe, and it doesn't care. The star's alignment
at the time of our birth -- that is absolute rubbish. It is not funny to
have it intruded among people who have nuclear weapons.
Sam Donaldson: This isn't something new. Governor Ronald Reagan was sworn
in just after midnight in his first term in Sacramento because the stars
said it was a propitious time.
Will: They [horoscopes] are utter crashing banalities. They could apply to
anyone and anything.
Brinkley: When is the exact moment [of birth]? I don't think the nurse is
standing there with a stopwatch and a notepad.
Donaldson: If we're making decisions based on the stars -- that's a cockamamie
thing. People want to know.
-- "This Week" with David Brinkley, ABC Television, Sunday, May 8, 1988,
excerpts from a discussion on Astrology and Reagan