La rc2 of the kernel version currently under development arrived in a fairly normal week, if we don't count that one driver was removed to use a more appropriate one. A few hours ago, the father of Linux launched Linux 6.3-rc3, and the news is a bit similar to that of seven days ago. What happened during the week has been pretty normal, or at least normal if we compare it to most of rc3.
Torvalds says Linux 6.3-rc3 is quite big, but not bigger than usual. It is not because it is in the third week when the developers deliver many patches, and it is usually in this period when a new development version gains size. Already from the fifth it begins to take shape, and 2-3 weeks later there is a new stable version.
Linux 6.3-rc3: nothing to worry about
So rc3 is pretty big, but that's not very common - that's when a lot of the fixes build up, as it takes a while before people find and start reporting issues.
And here there is nothing that seems worrisome. The diffstat looks a bit unusual in that there are relatively large changes in the scripts and selftest directories, but that's mostly due to the removal of the git-ignore script and some kvm selftest cleanups respectively. Nothing scary.
If you ignore those parts, it's a pretty standard "two-thirds controllers, one-third remainder" thing. Drivers are all over the place, but networking, gpu and sound are the usual big ones, with the fbdev code showing up mostly only due to a coding style fix for script logo conversion (mainly to use indentation proper tabulation). The qcom interconnect driver also appears for major cleanup and fixes.
Linux 6.3 is coming to mid/end of April, on the 23rd if the usual seven RC are thrown and 30 if an eighth is necessary. Eventually, Ubuntu users who want to install this version will have to do it on their own, since 23.04 will arrive with 6.2 and Canonical will not upgrade until October, coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 23.10.