Kernel release status
The current development kernel is 6.19-rc1, released
on December 14. Linus said:
So it's Sunday afternoon in the part of the world where I am now, so if somebody was looking at trying to limbo under the merge window timing with one last pull request and is taken by surprise by the slightly unusual timing of the rc1 release, that failed.Teaching moment, or random capricious acts? You be the judge.
Stable updates: 6.18.1, 6.17.12, and 6.12.62 were released on December 12.
The
6.18.2,
6.17.13, and
6.12.63
updates are in the review process; they are due on December 18.