Linus Torvalds Announced the Third Release Candidate of the Linux 4.12 Kernel

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Linux kernel 4.12 RC3 released

 

Even if it's Memorial weekend, Linus Torvalds is on the job announcing the release and immediate availability of the third RC (Release Candidate) milestone of the upcoming Linux 4.12 kernel series.

 

According to Linus Torvalds, the development of Linux kernel 4.12 continues to look good, and today's third Release Candidate build is a fairly normal patch consisting of two thirds updated GPU, SCSI, NVME, TTY, and Block drivers, and the rest is split between networking stack changes, core kernel, header files, XFS, and arch improvements. The biggest change, however, is a documention update as the Intel pstate docs were converted to the RST format.

 

"Hey, things continue to look good, and RC3 isn't even very big. I'm hoping there's not another shoe about to drop, but so far this really feels like a nice calm release cycle, despite the size of the merge window. Knock wood," said Linus Torvalds in the mailing list announcement. Anyway, RC3 has a little bit of everything. The biggest single change is actually just a documentation update."

 

Linux kernel 4.12 to hit the streets early July 2017

 

The development cycle of the Linux 4.12 kernel series is still in early stages and we should expect to see at least four such Release Candidate (RC) versions released in the coming weeks, which can only mean that Linux kernel 4.12 will hit the streets in early July 2017, be it either the 2nd or the 9th, depending on if there will be seven or eight RCs released.

 

Until then, you can help with the testing by downloading the Linux kernel 4.12 Release Candidate 3 source tarball right now from kernel.org or via our website, compile and install it on your favorite GNU/Linux distribution, and report bugs on the issue tracker. Please try to keep in mind not to replace your stable kernel with this development version, nor deploy it on a production environment.

 

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Of course he did most the time he release a  RC every Sunday how do you think it will end up final by July lol? So this is not really news. And i would hope  anyone who test RC kernels know what there doing  . There many Linux users who dont use latest stable kernel even they just use what ever there distro gives them .

 

Updating too the latest means ether you like testing  bleeding edge or you are using brand new hardware and need it, unless you're Distro forces you to upgrade  because of end of service and posting Linus  updated a RC is like posting Fedora Linux  postponed a beta from going live it's just what they do. That's what Linus does and Fedora dont even like releasing  betas with Bugs because that's how they are so it's nothing new.. 

 

After the 1st RC comes out and they announce the changelog  it not really news again tell it goes stable and if you want know too how nice a release is playing if you plain too test it  you have too visit Linux Forums  Like Arch and Manjaro and read real user feedback, because it's not Windows were every time someone  farts a 100 blogs write about it.

 

It's always fun too  see windows users on Linux forums and blogs and believe me they stick out like a sore thumb they will be talking about software that only runs on Windows in the middle of a topic about Linux software lmao .