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Linux 2.6.23-rc9 and a Heads-Up for the 2.6.24 Series

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LT
Linus Torvalds
Oct 2, 2007

“I said I was hoping that -rc8 was the last -rc, and I hate
doing this, but we’ve had more changes since -rc8 than we had in
-rc8. And while most of them are pretty trivial, I really couldn’t
face doing a 2.6.23 release and take the risk of some really stupid
brown-paper-bag thing.

“So there’s a final -rc out there, and right now my plan is to
make this series really short, and release 2.6.23 in a few days. So
please do give it a last good testing, and holler about any issues
you find…!”

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Linus Torvalds

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