2.6.25 getting closer (and UBIFS)

April 4, 2008 | Comments Off

I got around to updating the forecast pages for the 2.6.25-rc8 prepatch. At this point things are getting close. My guess is that there will be one more prepatch (-rc9) sometime in the near future and the final 2.6.25 release sometime around the U.S. tax day festivities. Such as they are.
Also finally, […]

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Ah, yes, user space

March 13, 2008 | Comments Off

The weather forecast pages are quite kernel centric - that’s the area I know best. There is a user-space page, though, featuring a few important components. Many of those have been revised in recent times:

The long-awaited KDE 4.0 release happened in January. This major update of KDE is not quite ready […]

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Security stuff

March 6, 2008 | Comments Off

After updating the current conditions to reflect 2.6.25-rc4, I went into the security page and added some introductory text; I’ll probably do this with the other pages as well over time.

Security has been on my mind as a result of the somewhat embarrassing vmsplice() exploit. This vulnerability has renewed interest in various kinds […]

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The 2.6.25 cycle settles in

February 14, 2008 | Comments Off

The 2.6.25-rc1 prepatch was released on February 10. The -rc1 release, of course, indicates the closing of the merge window and the beginning of the stabilization period for this cycle. So I’ve updated all of the weather forecast pages to reflect what went in and what didn’t, and generally updated it (often by […]

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2.6.24 is out

January 24, 2008 | Comments Off

As I predicted, Linus released 2.6.24 just before heading off to linux.conf.au in Melbourne. He’s slipping, though: usually he waits until I’ve gotten on a plane and can’t update web sites before shoving a release out the door. I’m still here, though, so the main Weather Forecast page has been updated to reflect […]

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