LWN: Comments on "The 4.16 kernel is out"

The 4.16 kernel is out

Beolach — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 22:58:54 +0000

The cowsay patches are. They are mentioned in Linus' shortlog email, but they aren't actually in the 4.16 release.

The 4.16 kernel is out

jezuch — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 17:43:17 +0000

This is not April fools, right? ;)

The 4.16 kernel is out

Lekensteyn — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 11:51:29 +0000

Another noteworthy feature in the shortlog, preceded with a helpful reminder:
> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018
> [..] if you want the full 4.16 changelog you'd better get the git tree [..]

> Richard Weinberger (2):
> lib: vsprintf: Implement %pCOW
> printk: Use %pCOW for kmsg

These cowsay patches were originally posted at: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/1/25

The 4.16 kernel is out

unixbhaskar — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 06:04:10 +0000

Now it does...cool ...jump on fellas :)

The 4.16 kernel is out

unixbhaskar — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 02:32:26 +0000

Kernel.org still reflects -rc7 of 4.16 ....not yet updated .....