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? https://lwn.net/Articles/805305/bigpage