Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.7 RC6, Things Are Getting Bigger

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Today, July 4, 2016, Linus Torvalds has had the pleasure of announcing the availability of the sixth Release Candidate (RC) version of the upcoming Linux 4.7 kernel, now ready for public testing.

We were expecting to see Linux kernel 4.7 RC6 land on Sunday, July 3, but it didn’t happen. Instead, Linus Torvalds decided to release it one day later, with a quite brief summary where he informs us that things have gotten a little bigger this time, and hopefully, it won’t happen again next week for the final Release Candidate build.

“I’d love to tell you that things are calming down, and we’re shrinking, but that would be a lie,” says Linus Torvalds in today’s announcement. “It’s not like this is a huge RC, but it’s definitely bigger than the previous rc’s were. I don’t think that’s necessarily a big problem, it seems to be mostly timing.”

This Release Candidate build is slightly bigger than the p… (read more)

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