1.. _development_process_main: 2 3A guide to the Kernel Development Process 4========================================= 5 6The purpose of this document is to help developers (and their managers) 7work with the development community with a minimum of frustration. It is 8an attempt to document how this community works in a way which is 9accessible to those who are not intimately familiar with Linux kernel 10development (or, indeed, free software development in general). While 11there is some technical material here, this is very much a process-oriented 12discussion which does not require a deep knowledge of kernel programming to 13understand. 14 15.. toctree:: 16 :caption: Contents 17 :numbered: 18 :maxdepth: 2 19 20 1.Intro 21 2.Process 22 3.Early-stage 23 4.Coding 24 5.Posting 25 6.Followthrough 26 7.AdvancedTopics 27 8.Conclusion 28