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Linux 2.6 Kernel Stability Freeze

Posted by simoniker on from the os-musical-chairs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux Creator Linus Torvalds released the 2.6.0-test7 Linux development kernel today and declared a "stability freeze". It has been made quite clear that from this point only "strictly necessary stuff" will be accepted, clearing the way for an official 2.6.0 release sooner than later... possibly at the end of this month."

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  1. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shall we place bets on how long it takes the "stability freeze" to turn into a "stability slush" and then a "stability thaw"? My intuition and past experience tell me that the kernel still won't be out by the end of the year.

  2. Re:Blah blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You shouldn't. It's for people that know how to use computers.

  3. Re:agggh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who gives a fuck. He sucked. The beatles sucked.

  4. Re:Stability? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    More hypocrisy, like before. Linux can put out several filesystem corrupting kernel releases and major showstoppers as in the 2.4.x series, but if a user-transmitted e-mail virus makes the rounds, it's a "Microsoft hole."

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    "Sufferin' succotash."