Software Update: Linux Kernel 2.5.44

Linus Torvalds has released the next version of the development 2.5 kernel with the uniform number 2.5.44. The complete changelog is here to find. Linus also reports the following:

Ok, I’ve merged stuff from more people, and 2.5.44 is out there. We’re getting closer, folks.

And for the next 8 days (starting _now_) it is totally unnecessary to try to send me patches or cc me on the discussions about what needs to be merged or not. I won’t read it, and when I get back I will likely just flush the whole inbox, since there’s no way I can try to catch up _and_try to merge some final pieces before the feature freeze at the same time.

I’ve asked various people to act as merge-points for me while I’m gone, and to avoid having them mailbombed or pressured into accepting stuff they don’t really want to, I won’t even tell who they are

Anyway, the 2.5.44 patches are all over the map, see for yourself in the appended changelog.

I repeat: while I’m gone, please use linux-kernel as a central point for discussion, and I assume that all the normal suspects will maintain their own set of fixes for it. don’t fill my inbox,

Linus