Kernel release status

The current development kernel is 2.6.35-rc4, released on July 4. "I've been back online for a week, and at least judging by the kinds of patches and pull requests I've been getting, I have to say that I think that having been strict for -rc3 ended up working out pretty well. The diffstat of rc3..rc4 looks quite reasonable, despite the longer window between rc's. And while there were certainly some things that needed fixing, I'm hoping that we'll have a timely 2.6.35 release despite my vacation [...]". For all of the details, both the short-form changelog and the full changelog are available.

The stable kernel floodgates opened up and five separate kernels poured out: 2.6.27.48, 2.6.31.14, 2.6.32.16, 2.6.33.6, and 2.6.34.1. There will be no more 2.6.31 stable kernels, and there will only be one more 2.6.33 release. The others will still see updates for some time to come.