Linux 3.12 Merge Window Closes With Release of Linux 3.12-rc1 47
hypnosec writes "Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.12-rc1, marking the first major development in over two weeks for the forthcoming successor of the Linux 3.11 kernel. Announcing the closure of the 3.12 merge window, Torvalds said in the release announcement that the window was fairly normal. Dissecting the updates, he noted that 73 percent of them are related to drivers, 12 percent related to architecture updates, and 6 percent related to file systems. ... Torvalds liked the 'scalability improvements that got merged this time around.' Torvalds also mentioned the tty layer locking getting resolved, and work on dentry refcount scalability."
Re:Is it true they removed host file support? (Score:4, Informative)
Host files have nothing to do with the kernel. Name resoloution on linux is handled by userland libraries.
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Just some friendly advice when it comes to APK and HOSTS files...
1. Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
2. Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and the pig likes it.
3. Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
4. When the wise man argues with the fool, the fool crapfloods the thread and there is no peace.
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Its happening again! (Score:4, Insightful)
A Slashdot post for every minor release of the Linux kernel.
I was ok with Linux Kernel 3.11, as it kinda made fun of the Popular Windows 3.11 version.
Also when Linux lost his stuff when his Hard Drive died.
But to fill stories with every Minor release, it gets kinda silly.
I'm a fanboi and I agree (Score:3)
I've been accused of being a Linux fanboy and even I agree.
Of course, I've also been accused of being a Microsoft shill and an Oracle shill. I AM a Linux kernel dev, barely, so yeah, that qualifies me as being a fan, I suppose.
* My name is in the kernel CHANGELOG exactly once.
but tell me when RedHat upgrades 2.3 to 3.10 (Score:2)
Having said that, RedHat is still stable on kernel 2.3.32, with some features backported. I WOULD be interested in knowing when the distros jump to a 3.10 or higher kernel. Bcache is going to be awesome for writeback caching.
Re:I'm a fanboi and I agree (Score:5, Funny)
"Fixed the bit Ray M broke"
lol, that's actually kind of true (Score:2)
That's funny, and even more so because it's somewhat true.
I found that one could break LVM or other layers by using it on top of a resyncing mdadm RAID.
The key was, I broke it REPEATABLY, so I could then confirm that a certain patch fixes it. When I could no longer make it break, it was known to be fixed.
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Re:Its happening again! (Score:5, Insightful)
I was ok with Linux Kernel 3.11, as it kinda made fun of the Popular Windows 3.11 version.
I think I speak for everyone here at Slashdot when I say that it's a massive relief that you were OK with Slashdot reporting on Linux Kernel 3.11.
However, I'm sure you don't speak for everyone here on Slashdot when you complain about kernel release news. More than a few of us are interested in such things, and would like to discuss the releases here on Slashdot, preferably with a minimum of whining. You've already used up the quota here...
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RC1's significance is that marks the end of the merge window. It means that large chunk of features have made it in which is interesting. It also marks the start of the testing phase, which we want a lot of participation in. There are a lot of reasons why RC1 is interesting and noteworthy.
My thoughts on other RCs? While they're an important part of the process, they aren't interesting enough to warrant much discussion. Which is why you won't see articles on them.
On the other hand, it would be fun t
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Agreed, keep that on linux.com.
I must be tired (Score:4, Funny)
I looked at the headline and thought it said Linux was to merge with Windows
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It's pretty cool that Linux is now able to close windows.
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I looked at the headline and thought it said Linux was to merge with Windows
Well, not merged, but they sleep in the same digital bed of my hard drive: Rockin' knockin' dual boots. [youtube.com]
No denying they've been doin' tha nasty. I mean, they spawned Wubi...
nothing noteworthy (Score:5, Interesting)
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I find that fairly normal. Par for the course, you might say.
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What's more amazing is that somebody then thought "that's so outrageous I need to post a complaint about it!"
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Yes, normal in that did he go ballistic on somebody during the merge over a badly written fix or did he just take it out on his SSD?
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"Windows", "Linux" and "Merge" in same sentence (Score:1)
A cursory reading of the headline made me think for a moment that a merge of Linux and Windows is getting closer.
Damn Title Case.
Damn information overload and the resulting quick readings.
important metric: (Score:1)
I know linus does his kernel work on an isolated computer (no internet connection) but the NSA doesn't mind a little breaking and entering to install malware on a high value target like that.
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Notably . . . (Score:2)