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jani@floss.social

Jani Nikula

When is the next Linux kernel release? What about vX.Y? When is the next merge window? When is the deadline for features for kernel version vX.Y?

Get asked this a lot?

Point the people at this web page for about as accurate answers as anyone's going to be able to give.

The Linux Kernel Tea Leaves is a reimagination of the venerable PHB Crystal Ball, with even more answers based on fewer stats.

https://jnikula.github.io/linux-kernel-tea-leaves/index.html

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kernellogger@hachyderm.io

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

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@jani given that all development cycles since Linux 6.7 were nine weeks long[1], I wonder if it's time to change the phrasing to something like "v6.18 is most likely to be released on 2025-11-30, but might be delayed to 2025-12-07" (okay a bit shorter maybe, but you get the idea)

[1] see screenshot or https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_yH7lFmZxAoSWrtsd8tGu3befG4zIcMnytB1ml4pQQM/edit?gid=1170907286#gid=1170907286&range=A130

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kernellogger@hachyderm.io

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

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@jani just wondering, where is the "Deadline for features heading to vX.Y release in many subsystems, including drm." actually? Between -rc5 and -rc6 somewhere? Or before the latter?

Also wondering if "many" really the right word here, as it feels like only a few handle it like drm does, but well, it's just a feeling.

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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev-Prime 🍁

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@jani

Yes, but...

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mricon/korg-helpers.git/tree/mainline-when.py

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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev-Prime 🍁

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@jani That's why we have https://www.kernel.org/releases-calendar.ics, though I do understand that not everyone wants to view it in their calendar.
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