AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes

Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal

Linux kernel boss Linus Torvalds thinks the project has reached a new normal of supersized updates, thanks to AI. Torvalds posts a weekly state of the kernel update, and last week's message opened with his observation that "This rc is huge." "Even by the 'new normal' standards this is a big rc, and I think it's the biggest rc6 we've had in years at least by commit count," he wrote on August 2. Fast forward a week and the size of the release cand…

Final Linux 7.2 release candidate lands and Torvalds highlights AI code use

The stable version is on track to arrive next week as long as no critical, show-stopper bugs appear this week. Read more...

AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes

Linux Torvalds expects Linux 7.2 should be released next weekend "unless something really bad pops up," Torvalds said while announcing today's release candidate. But there's something interesting about Linux 7.2-rc7, writes Phoronix. "By the time the Linux kernel typically hits a -rc7 release th...