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I'm surprised to see this on HN. Linux kernel RCs are released weekly, there were 7 RCs of 3.6 before the final release. Is there something special in this one

by sciurus 14y ago

I'm surprised to see this on HN. Linux kernel RCs are released weekly, there were 7 RCs of 3.6 before the final release. Is there something special in this one that I'm missing?

JoshTriplett 14y ago
The release of -rc1 indicates the closure of the merge window for the next major kernel version, and this announcement thus indicates all the major new features that'll appear in the next kernel. -rcN for N!=1 doesn't typically draw as much interest.
- sciurus 14y ago
  That's a great point which didn't occur to me; thanks for mentioning it! For people curious about what was merged, see https://lwn.net/Articles/518711/ https://lwn.net/Articles/518711/ and https://lwn.net/Articles/519883/ https://lwn.net/Articles/519883/