Although these things are talked about as something that attracts attention, the truth is that it is normal in any software that is being developed. A week ago, Linus Torvalds said that the rc4 kernel he currently has in his hands was larger than normal, although no record had been broken. Last night published Linux 5.19-rc5And he said just the opposite. A bit like a roller coaster, but what surprises me is when it's not.
Linux 5.19-rc5 is smaller than normal, which is why the Finnish developer says that everything it looks good. To be more specific, he says that he looks normal, and it seems that nothing bad is going to happen. What happened last week could have been due to the times set, and what happened this week would confirm that there is nothing to worry about.
Linux 5.19-rc5 looks good
Last week, we had an rc4 that was slightly larger than normal, and while I thought it was mostly due to timing and pull requests moving between rcs, I wanted to keep an eye on it. And this week, we have an rc5 that's slightly _smaller_ than normal, so it all balances out and really looks like just random sync noise. So everything seems fine – we certainly have some issues that are still being looked at, but overall 5,19 seems normal, and there doesn't seem to be anything particularly wrong.
Linux 5.19-rc5 is the fifth Release Candidate in this series. The stable version will arrive on 24 July if only 7 are released and a week later, or two, if it doesn't come into shape in time. Ubuntu users interested in installing it will eventually have to do it on their own, using tools like Umki, formerly known as Ukuu.