Kernel Log: Development of 2.6.30 is under way

Shortly after the release of Linux 2.6.29 last Tuesday, the kernel subsystem developers began to prepare the first changes to be merged into the main development branch for Linux 2.6.30.

This is usually done by sending a "Git pull request" – an email which includes the URL to a Git tree with the proposed changes as well as a diffstat and a list of individual patches – not only to Linus Torvalds, but usually also to the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List). Often, the maintainer of the subsystem starts the email with a short summary of the proposed changes, highlighting the most important ones, or putting the changes into context.