[TECH TOPIC] new maintainer-oriented features of b4

Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Apr 2026 00:15:47 -0400
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.ksummit
Message-ID <20260402-singing-silver-swine-c7e31b@lemur>
Hello, all:

I would like to propose a tech topic for the upcoming kernel summit.

B4 is already a well-known tool for retrieving and applying series from
lore.kernel.org. Recently, it gained several new features that can make the
life of a maintainer a bit easier:

- b4 review - helps with code review and full series lifecycle management
- b4 bugs - integrates distributed bug tracking into your workflow

This session will go over the new features and how they can assist overloaded
maintainers in keeping a handle on the stream of incoming changes and bug
reports while retaining decentralized nature of Linux kernel development.

Best regards,
-- 
KR