Linux Kernel 4.8 Lands October 2 as Linus Torvalds Outs Last Release Candidate

It's still Sunday in U.S. so Linus Torvalds has just published his weekly announcement to inform us all about the availability of the eighth and last RC (Release Candidate) development snapshot of the upcoming Linux 4.8 kernel.

According to Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel 4.8 RC8 is the last stop for this cycle and it appears to be a small and quiet patch that includes mostly random and minor fixes to the issues highlighted by testers since last week when the seventh Release Candidate build was announced. Check out the appended shortlog for more details.

"So as already mentioned last week (and hinted at as a possibility), here's RC8. Things actually did start to calm down this week, but I didn't get the feeling that there was no point in doing one final RC, so here we are," says Linus Torvalds. "I expect the final 4.8 release next weekend, unless something really unexpected comes up."

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