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Re: Linux 6.5

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Post by tremon » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

sriram_sun wrote: post #9

When Linus says, "let's give it one last round of testing", what happens?

> 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).

Re: Linux 6.5

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Post by usr1106 » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC

sriram_sun wrote: post #9

When Linus says, "let's give it one last round of testing", what happens?

I 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?

Re: Linux 6.5

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Post by nickaflip » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC

Interesting to see that this website is hosted from Indiana.edu. Does Linus have an affiliation with the university?

Re: Linux 6.5

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Post by mat_epice » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 4:31 PM UTC

nickaflip wrote: post #13

Interesting to see that this website is hosted from Indiana.edu. Does Linus have an affiliation with the university?

This is just a mirror of the official list, AFAIK.

Re: Linux 6.5

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Post by snapplebobapple » Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 6:34 AM UTC

kzrdude wrote: post #10

For 6.6 I'll be eagerly watching for bcachefs maybe being mainlined.

I 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.