Linux 5.16-rc6 is still quiet, but still thinking about the XNUMXth RC

Linux 5.16-rc6

A week ago, Linus Torvalds released the rc5 of the kernel version currently in development and said a couple of things: first, that everything was going very smoothly, and second, that despite the first it was expected that there would be an eighth Release Candidate for this series. This week what Has delivered to anyone who wants to try it is Linux 5.16-rc6 And from what we read, it seems that the extra week is unavoidable.

And no, it's not that things are getting ugly, on the contrary. The Finnish developer says that things are calming down, something normal in the sixth weeks, but he also mentions that he hopes that «the next two weeks will be very quiet«, And also says«i will do a rc8«, So it seems that the slight doubts that we had seven days ago have been completely dispelled.

Linux 5.16 is coming January 9

I hope the next two weeks will be very quiet, and smaller still. But maybe people get bored, maybe people stay home because COVID is on the rise again, we'll see. Regardless of what happens, I will do a rc8, not because this version seems especially troublesome, but simply because of the seasonal holidays. There's no point releasing a 5.16 final and opening the merge window when people are still on vacation or just back. So we'll have at least an extra week of rc in this release, even if no nasty issues appear. And if the problems _appear_, that can obviously slow things down even more, even if that may seem unlikely at this point.

If there are no surprises, and it seems that there will not be them because of the "timing" and what Torvalds says, Linux 5.16 will arrive on January 9. Ubuntu users who want to install it will have to do it on their own or wait for April, update the operating system, and make the jump straight to Linux 5.17.


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