Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 4, 2020

• Free user space for non-graphics drivers: when should kernel drivers be required to include free user-space components?
• The history and evolution of PHP governance: the PHP project is an interesting exercise in direct democracy; here is how it got there and how it works.
• Capacity awareness for the deadline scheduler: what needs to be done to make the deadline scheduler properly manage asymmetric systems.
• A possible end to the FSGSBASE saga: an Intel processor feature from 2012 may finally get support in the kernel.
• Development statistics for the 5.7 kernel: where the code for the 5.7 release came from.
• Merkle trees and build systems: using Merkle trees in the build system opens up some interesting optimization possibilities.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

• Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.