Kernel Developers Need Sesame Street

MAINTAINERS 2: Electric Boogaloo We just sorted the entries and fields last release, so just out of a perverse sense of curiosity, I decided to see if we can keep things ordered for even just one release. The answer is "No. No we cannot". I suggest that all kernel developers will need weekly training sessions, involving a lot of Big Bird and Sesame Street. And at the yearly maintainer summit, we will all sing the alphabet song together. I doubt I will keep doing this. At some point "perverse sense of curiosity" turns into just a cold dark place filled with sadness and despair. Repeats: 80e62bc ("MAINTAINERS: re-sort all entries and fields") Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

A fake Linux kernel commit message describes re-sorting entries and fields, then admits that keeping everything ordered is impossible. The joke is that kernel maintainers are humorously prescribed Big Bird, Sesame Street, and the alphabet song as training, while the increasingly bleak tone parodies an exhausted developer’s descent into despair.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 10637 2023-07-12