Article: Linux kernel: 13 million lines, over 5 patches per hour

[Cabalo]

You can view the page at https://filesharingtalk.com/content/5...tches-per-hour

[tesco]

5 Patches per hour? Unbelievable.
Couldn't even believe there are that many open bugs, nevermind contributors to patch them.

[P2PDog]

A patch is not necessarily a bug fix. Any new code is submitted as a patch whether it's a bug fix, new feature, driver for new hardware, etc. That patch is reviewed and, if approved, it is then integrated into the main code.

[Expeto]

I think number is mostly because most of the patches fixes/improves only one thing