Subj : now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
To   : Nick Boel
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat Oct 24 2026 03:37 pm

Hey Nick!

> Kernel Build Speed - Patches have been introduced to significantly
> reduce kernel build times, with improvements of up to 70% for
> incremental builds.

Not that I've noticed.  Mind you I am counting archiving and compression (xz) 
as part of the build time.  Perhaps I need to look at each step individually to 
measure the difference.  More data is required.

> File Handling Improvements - The kernel will close files
> synchronously for operations like close_range, exec, and exit,
> improving resource management.

Sounds good to me.

Life is good, 
Maurice

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