Dec-05-2019 Weekly Edition

A static-analysis framework for GCC: bringing a much-needed diagnostic feature to the GCC compiler.

5.5 Merge window, part 1: what the first 6,300 changesets brought into the mainline for 5.5.

Virtio without the "virt": the virtio specification isn't just for software anymore.

Fixing SCHED_IDLE: a longstanding but little-used scheduler feature is finally being worked into shape.

Fedora's modularity mess: the Fedora modularity initiative has run into a number of obstacles without clear solutions.

Creating Kubernetes distributions: can a Kubernetes distribution become more like a Linux distribution?