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Linux 6.5
- dezgeg 3y agoPlease use the official mailing list archive (lore.kernel.org). The others are much worse (and non-official).
- buttersbrian 3y agoAgreed. While I like my school getting some pub on HN, it's not the original source.
- p4bl0 3y agoCan anybody add context on why this is newsworthy? The linked email isn't very informative. Is there an awaited new feature in 6.5 that makes this email (which is not even an actual announcement of the release) noteworthy?
- skilled 3y agoYou're right, for the layman it's a pretty boring announcement, but that's how Linus has always done all releases so for people who know, it's not a surprise. The Linux development ecosystem is extremely tightknit with a lot of people working on various different things, and unless you're using the Kernel for a specific thing, then yeah - none of the logs, shortlogs and release files are going to make any sense, because for the most part - they don't make any sense for anyone who isn't specifically using that part of the Kernel personally.
- aftbit 3y agoTwo other good info sources: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.5 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.5 https://lwn.net/Articles/942879/ https://lwn.net/Articles/942879/
- aftbit 3y agoLooks like the fix for the 34% regression made it in. Feng Tang (1): x86/fpu: Set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-x86-Fix-34p-Drop https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-x86-Fix-34p-Drop
- pengaru 3y agoNote this fixes a regression introduced by 6.5, so it's of no relevance to anyone except people running 6.5 RC kernels.
- sriram_sun 3y agoWhen Linus says, "let's give it one last round of testing", what happens?
- tremon 3y ago> I already have ~20 pull requests pending and ready to go, but before we start the next merge frenzy, please give this final release one last round of testing, ok? It means that Linux is holding off for a few days on starting the 6.6 release cycle, so that late issues can possibly be fixed before everyone's focus is captured again by the next release. Usually that means awaiting the build results and self-tests from the distributions (although many will have already done that on the -rc kernels).
- usr1106 3y agoI don't know. But my feeling is rather few people test. Of course there is some automatic testing. That probably continues until the next rc1 is out?
- kzrdude 3y agoFor 6.6 I'll be eagerly watching for bcachefs maybe being mainlined.
- snapplebobapple 3y agoI know right? I love zfs but i want something with a better licence and for that filesystem to be in mainline for the decade it will take for me to be comfortable with its maturity it needs to get started ASAP, otherwise i will probably die before i can switch.
- nickaflip 3y agoInteresting to see that this website is hosted from Indiana.edu. Does Linus have an affiliation with the university?
- mat_epice 3y agoThis is just a mirror of the official list, AFAIK.