The 4.9 kernel has been released

Posted Dec 12, 2016 8:04 UTC (Mon) by micka (subscriber, #38720)
In reply to: The 4.9 kernel has been released by tpo
Parent article: The 4.9 kernel has been released

It was (briefly) mentioned in the 4.9 merge window article.
https://lwn.net/Articles/703110/

You'll find a link to an explaination https://lwn.net/Articles/703353/