Kernel release status [LWN.net]

The current 2.6 prepatch remains 2.6.24-rc1. Fixes have been flowing into the mainline repository (along with a Japanese translation of the SubmittingPatches document), but -rc2 has not been released as of this writing.

For older kernels: the 2.6.22.11 stable update is in the review process now; it should be released sometime on or after November 2. It contains 26 patches addressing a number of problems. This is likely to be the last update to 2.6.22.

2.6.16.56-rc2 was released on October 29; it adds a handful of fixes.