Subj : Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc5 To : All From : LWN.net Date : Mon Sep 08 2025 00:15:06 Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc5 Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 23:02:26 +0000 Description: Linus has released 6.17-rc5 for testing. " Things remain normal - both the diffstat and the commit counts look entirely sane ". The announcement also contains a plea for maintainers to not overuse Link: tags when applying patches. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://lwn.net/Articles/1037072/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet UK HUB @ hub.uk.erb.pw (1337:1/100) .