<s>
Patchwork	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
web-based	B-Application
patch	B-Application
tracking	O
system	O
designed	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
contribution	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
contributions	O
to	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
patch	B-Application
management	O
process	O
easier	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
contributors	O
and	O
maintainers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
comments	O
posted	O
that	O
reference	O
the	O
patch	B-Application
are	O
appended	O
to	O
the	O
patch	B-Application
page	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Patchwork	B-Language
is	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
,	O
mostly	O
subsystems	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Patchwork	B-Language
has	O
been	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
kernel	O
workflow	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
the	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
flexible	O
enough	O
to	O
suit	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
community	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patchwork	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Jeremy	O
Kerr	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
PPC64	B-General_Concept
mailing	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
using	O
the	O
Django	B-Language
web	I-Language
framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Patchwork	B-Language
use	O
Bootstrap	B-Application
for	O
the	O
front-end	O
UI	O
.	O
</s>
