Ini isithuthukile U-Linus Torvalds kumeyili yaleli sonto akajwayelekile. Yebo kunjalo ukuthi akunandaba ukuthi usuku luni noma kuphi; Uhlale ezama ukwenza isikhathi sokuthi i-nucleus ayithuthukisayo iphume uma sekuyithuba lakhe, kodwa kuleli sonto usitshele ngokunye okungenzeka. Noma kunjalo I-Linux 5.16-rc5 Kuyinto evamile ngokosayizi, umthuthukisi waseFinland ukholelwa ukuthi inguqulo ezinzile ngeke ifike lapho ilindelwe.
Usayizi khudlwana kunokuvamileKodwa uTorvalds ucabanga ukuthi yingoba abantu sebemnikeza umsebenzi wabo manje ukuze akhululeke kakhudlwana ngoKhisimusi. Ngaleso sizathu, ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuzoba ngenye yalezo ezikhishwe ezidinga u-RC wesishiyagalombili, hhayi ngoba izinto zingahambi kahle, kodwa ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi abantu bazosebenza kancane futhi ngeke bafike ngesikhathi.
I-Linux 5.16 izofika ngoJanuwari 9
"Kuzame - njengoba amaholide aseduze, izinto zizohamba kancane ekuthuthukisweni nasekuhloleni, futhi ngenxa yalokho ngithemba ukuthi izokwandisa uchungechunge lwe-rc elinye isonto, hhayi ngoba kudingekile. (Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukusho, kodwa akubonakali kanjalo), kodwa ngenxa nje yokuthi akekho ozofuna ukuvula iwindi lokuhlanganisa elilandelayo ngokushesha onyakeni omusha.'
Izinto ezihambayo babenjani, futhi empeleni, bekucatshangwa ukuthi i-Linux 5.16 izofika ngoJanuwari 2. Uma sicabangela uKhisimusi, nokuthi lolo suku luba usuku olulodwa nje ngemva konyaka Omusha, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi sizoba nenguqulo ezinzile 9 ngoJanuwari. Izinto kuzomele zisonteke kakhulu ukuze kusadingeka isonto elilodwa lokuhlola, kodwa njengoba ungeke usho, uma usadinga i-rc9, izofika ngoJanuwari 16.
Siyakhumbula ukuthi abasebenzisi be-Ubuntu abafuna ukuyifaka uma isikhathi sifika kuzodingeka bazenzele ngokwabo, njengoba iCanonical yethula uhlelo lwayo nge-kernel futhi ilubuyekeze kuphela ngokuvikeleka nokulungisa izinto.