• Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc7

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Mon Jan 26 06:40:07 2026
    The 6.19-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for
    testing.

    So normally this would be the last rc of the release, but as I've
    mentioned every rc (because I really want people to be aware and be
    able to plan for things) this release we'll have an rc8 due to the
    holiday season.

    And while some of the early rc's were smaller than usual and it
    didn't seem necessary, right now I'm quite happy I made that
    call. Not because there's anything particularly scary here - the
    release seems to be going fairly smoothly - but because this rc7
    really is larger than things normally are and should be at this
    point.

    Along with the usual fixes, this -rc also includes a new
    document describing the process to replace the kernel project
    leadership should that become necessary in the absence of an arranged transition. The plan largely follows what was decided at the Maintainers Summit in December.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1055796/
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