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Kernel release status
The 2.6.39 kernel is out; it was, as predicted, released by Linus immediately after last
week's Edition was published. He indicated some uncertainty about whether
another -rc release would have been appropriate:
However, since I'm going to be at LinuxCon Japan in two weeks, the
choice for me ended up whether I should just release, or drag it
out *three* more weeks, or have some really messy merge window with
a break in between.
Prominent features in this release include IPset, the media controller subsystem, a couple of new network flow schedulers, the block plugging rework, the long-awaited removal of the big kernel lock, and more. See the KernelNewbies 2.6.39 page, the LWN merge window summaries (part 1, part 2, and part 3) and Thorsten Leemhuis's summary on The H for more information about this release. Stable updates: 2.6.38.7 was released on May 21, followed by 2.6.32.41 and 2.6.33.14 on May 23. Each contains the usual list of important fixes. (Log in to post comments)
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