KernelTrap: Upcoming 2.6.20 Kernel, Tracking Regressions | Linux Today

KernelTrap: Upcoming 2.6.20 Kernel, Tracking Regressions

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 10, 2007

“Adrian Bunk posted a list of known regressions in the latest
2.6.20-rc4 Linux kernel compared to the previous 2.6.19 stable
release. In two emails, he listed six regressions that don’t have
fixes yet, and six regressions with fixes that haven’t been merged
yet.

“In another email thread, Linux creator Linus Torvalds noted
that his goal for 2.6.20 is to focus primarily on stability. He
also noted that he intends to release the stable kernel at some
point after linux.conf.au which is happening this year in Sydney,
Australia between January 15th and 20th…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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