Linux founder, Linus Torvalds has officially announced the sixth Release Candidate (RC) version of the upcoming Linux kernel 3.14. The RC6 is a successor to Linux 3.14-rc5. It is now available for download and testing. However, since it is a development version, it should not be installed on production machines
"We're getting closer to the end of the rc cycle, and I have to admit that I would have wished for a less bumpy ride. There haven't been any huge problems, but there's been quite a few small bumps that shouldn't happen this late in the release cycle. And rc6 is noticeably bigger than rc5 was, as well." Torvalds said in the release note. Torvalds said that he would have wished for things to go calm by now, but there have been quite a few small issues including 'small stupid mistakes', and a few late reverts of commits. Torvalds has hinted at rc8 and rc9 if things don’t calm down. Linux 3.14-rc6 consists of a number of trivial fixes.
Earlier, during the release of rc5, things were fairly calm, and fairly normal according to Torvalds. Drivers accounted for just under 60 per cent of the patch. The rest was mostly arch updates (mainly powerpc and xtensa). Meanwhile, in the case of rc4 the biggest patch was DaveJ re-indenting a reiserfs file, with the rest being mostly the usual mix of drivers, networking and some architecture updates.
"We're getting closer to the end of the rc cycle, and I have to admit that I would have wished for a less bumpy ride. There haven't been any huge problems, but there's been quite a few small bumps that shouldn't happen this late in the release cycle. And rc6 is noticeably bigger than rc5 was, as well." Torvalds said in the release note. Torvalds said that he would have wished for things to go calm by now, but there have been quite a few small issues including 'small stupid mistakes', and a few late reverts of commits. Torvalds has hinted at rc8 and rc9 if things don’t calm down. Linux 3.14-rc6 consists of a number of trivial fixes.
Earlier, during the release of rc5, things were fairly calm, and fairly normal according to Torvalds. Drivers accounted for just under 60 per cent of the patch. The rest was mostly arch updates (mainly powerpc and xtensa). Meanwhile, in the case of rc4 the biggest patch was DaveJ re-indenting a reiserfs file, with the rest being mostly the usual mix of drivers, networking and some architecture updates.
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