kernel tree

The 2.6.25.14 and 2.6.26.1 stable kernel updates are out; both contain a fairly long list of fixes all over the kernel tree.

"It's been almost three months since 2.6.25 (87 days to be exact, I think), making this a longer-than-usual release cycle.

Or maybe it just feels that way, and we're always getting close to three months these days," said Linux creator Linus Torvalds, announcing the 2.6.26 Linux kernel, adding, "but it's out there now." He continued:

"Oh great, not yet-another-kernel-tree, just what the world needs..." began Greg KH, continuing, "yes, this is an announcement of a new kernel tree, linux-staging." He explained:

LKML.org: "Oh great, not yet-another-kernel-tree, just what the world needs..."

"Andrew [Morton] was looking for someone to run a linux-next tree that just contained the subsystem git and quilt trees for 2.6.x+1 and I (in a moment of madness) volunteered.

So, this is to announce the creating of such a tree," began Stephen Rothwell, resulting in a lengthy thread discussing the current Linux kernel development process.

In a follow up email announcing the first linux-next release, Stephen went on to explain, "it has two branches - master and stable.