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Linus Torvalds Delays Linux 3.7, Releases 3.7-rc8 Kernel Instead

Posted by timothy on from the making-a-list-checking-it-twice dept.

hypnosec writes "The Linux 3.7 kernel has been delayed by one week as Linus Torvalds has released the Linux 3.7-rc8 instead. Because of some hiccups following the 'resurrection of a kswapd issue,' Torvalds wasn't comfortable releasing version 3.7 this week and instead went ahead with another release candidate. Torvalds revealed in his release announcement that because of this delay, the merge window for Linux 3.8 will close just around Christmas time."

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  1. Re:Breaking News! by dyingtolive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which stories would you rather see more of? Obama hosting Twitter townhalls, Facebook privacy schemes, or Crysis system requirments?

    Ooooh, how about a slashvertisement for a commercial version of an X tunnel over ssh?

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  2. Re:Why the kernel is so secure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I read it as "If you send me small irrelevant stuff that doesn't fix major issues such as oopses, security, things like that..."

  3. Quality control by eckman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We've seen a lot of news recently on slashdot about software being released before it is ready. This is just a glimpse into the inner-workings of a very large development team making a tough, but correct, call.

    Thanks Linux & Co! Keep up the good work!