Subj : now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sat Oct 24 2026 11:09 am

Hey Maurice!

On Sat, Oct 24 2026 15:37:44, you wrote:

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

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

This was a copy/paste of what they're aiming for for kv-7.4. You wouldn't be 
seeing this kind of improvement yet.

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

 MK> Sounds good to me.

Also slated for kv-7.4. We'll see soon, I'm sure!

Regards,
Nick

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