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Linux 7.3-rc6 prepatch released for testing

A Linux 7.3-rc6 prepatch was announced as available for testing. Another source's headline and summary instead report that Linux 7.3-rc7 has been released, so the sources disagree about which release candidate was most recently released.

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Image: Phoronix

What we know

Where sources disagree

  • Which Linux 7.3 release candidate was reported as released

    • The 7.3-rc6 prepatch is out for testing. — LWN.net
    • Linux 7.3-rc7 was released. — Phoronix

Reported by one source

  • The release schedule is unlikely to be affected by the maintainer summit and Linux Plumbers Conference, though they might change the statistics for rc7. — LWN.net
  • The stable Linux 7.3 release is expected in two weeks. — Phoronix

Coverage 2 publishers

  1. LWN.net

    Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc6

  2. Phoronix

    Linux 7.3-rc6 Released: Normal For The New "AI Normal"

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