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[$] Development statistics for the 7.2 kernel

Linus Torvalds released the 7.2 kernel on August 17, after noting that the number of fixes coming in was still " bigger than I would have wished for ". In fact, 7.2 was one of the busiest development cycles in the kernel's history, adding nearly 600,000 lines of code. It's time to look at some statistics to get a handle on how the kernel's development community is changing.

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