Linux 3.6-rc6 Released, Final Is Coming "Soonish"

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Linux 3.6-rc6 Released, Final Is Coming "Soonish"

17 September 2012, 10:20 AM

Phoronix: Linux 3.6-rc6 Released, Final Is Coming "Soonish"

The Linux 3.6-rc6 kernel was released over the weekend while the final release is expected to land soon...

Linux 3.6-rc6 Released, Final Is Coming "Soonish" - Phoronix

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18 September 2012, 04:35 AM

When kernel version numbers were of the form 2.6.x distributions stabilised on the x, they didn't choose 2.6 as stable and update each time a new kernel in the 2.6 series came out. I don't think their methodology for choosing a stable kernel will have change as a result of version number reworking.

The renaming was because Mr. Torvalds thought it was silly to get to 2.6.38, since the first two numbers had ceased to provide any information: the 2.4 branch had been dropped and there was no prospect of sufficiently massive changes that would require a 2.8 branch.
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