Kernel release status

The current 2.6 development kernel is 2.6.27-rc6, released on September 9. "Same old deal - except it's been almost two weeks since -rc5. That said, the diff is actually about the same size, so I guess that means things are calming down." Full details may be found in the long-format changelog.

As of this writing, no patches have been merged into the mainline repository since the 2.6.27-rc6 release.

The current stable 2.6 kernel is 2.6.26.5, released on September 7. It contains a single fix for a build error introduced by 2.6.26.4, released earlier the same day. 2.6.26.4 contains a fairly long list of bug fixes.

Also released on the 7th was 2.6.25.17, also containing a fair number of fixes.

For older kernels: the 2.4 process has restarted with the release of 2.4.36.7, fixing "several minor security issues" and a few other problems. 2.4.37-rc1 is also out; this one includes a number of enhancements; see the announcement for details.

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