Kernel release status [LWN.net]

The current development kernel is 2.5.20, which was released by Linus on June 2. Big changes this time include a large ACPI merge, a bunch more buffer/VM work, a PowerPC64 merge, the usual set of IDE patches, various merges from the -dj series, some device model work, and numerous other fixes and updates. The long format changelog is also available.

Other releases from Linus since the last LWN Kernel Page include:

2.5.19 (short, long). Changes include more block, buffer, and IDE layer work, some enhancements to the driver model code, more kbuild tweaks, and many other fixes and updates.
2.5.18 (short, long). This one included the software suspend patch (as covered in the May 23 LWN Kernel Page), a bunch of kbuild fixes (which are not Keith Owens's new kbuild system - see below), more IDE reworking, more VFS changes, and a bunch of other fixes and improvements.

The current prepatch from Dave Jones is 2.5.20-dj3. The most significant feature of this patch, perhaps, is the merging of some small pieces of the kbuild 2.5 code.

The latest 2.5 status summary from Guillaume Boissiere came out on June 5.

The current stable kernel release is 2.4.18. Marcelo's plan had been to create a 2.4.19 release candidate, but some problems turned up. So he released 2.4.19-pre10 instead. A very long list of fixes got into this release. With luck, the next prepatch from Marcelo will be the first 2.4.19 release candidate.

Alan Cox has released 2.4.19-pre10-ac2; arguably the most interesting change in this prepatch is the inclusion of the "speakup" console module for blind users.

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