Linux 6.6-rc6 Released: Plan For 6.6 Stable In Two Weeks

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Liux 6.6-rc6 Released: Plan For 6.6 Stable In Two Weeks

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.6-rc6 and expressed his intention of releasing Linux 6.6 stable in two weeks unless anything wild happens as we approach the end of this kernel cycle...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-rc6-Released

[Mitch]

Dang. If Torvalds could have released it just 2 days ago, it would be kernel 6.6RC6 released Friday the 13th of October.

The 6.x kernel series has been particularly exciting. I'm looking forward to the scheduler enhancements of 6.6 among other things. I think Kent Overstreet will also be submitting a PR for BCacheFS once 6.7's submissions open up

[AlDunsmuir]

Typo: c “having problems at shuwdown” “having problems at shutdown”

[V1tol]

I see Linus is a man of culture

[DanL]

Stick it in a time machine and send it back about 13 years. It would have been a perfect kernel for the "Ubuntu Satanic Edition" (or for the far more scarier Ubuntu Hannah Montana spin).

[Franco Castillo]

6.7 will be LTS? The dates and number of releases between LTS versions make me suspicious.

[cynic]

I was keeping this for 6.6.6 release, but they ruined it all for a mere 6.6rc6 :/

[dlq84]

6.7 will be LTS? The dates and number of releases between LTS versions make me suspicious.

The last release of the year are usually picked to be LTS. So it's most likely going to be 6.6. It takes 10-11 weeks from merge window open to stable release.

[fitzie]

Dang. If Torvalds could have released it just 2 days ago, it would be kernel 6.6RC6 released Friday the 13th of October.

The 6.x kernel series has been particularly exciting. I'm looking forward to the scheduler enhancements of 6.6 among other things. I think Kent Overstreet will also be submitting a PR for BCacheFS once 6.7's submissions open up

that should be fun. he did collect a NACK since the last attempt so there's a chance for more fireworks. it seems he's on vacation at the moment, hopefully he returns before to deal with it (and to update his linux-next branch which is missing several fixes before he disappeared. I suspect it will get in this time but not without drama.

[andre30correia]

next lts and ubuntu 24.04 kernel