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Linux 4.8-rc5 lands

Linux 4.8-rc5 is out and about.

Linux lord Linus Torvalds says “rc5 is noticeably bigger than rc4 was, and my hope last week that we were starting to calm down and shrink the releases seems to have been premature.”

The reason? Torvalds says this release has plenty of “small fixes” to get done, either that or things he hoped would be sorted by rc4 ended up being pushed into rc5.

“Not that any of this looks worrisome per se,”Torvalds wrote on Sunday, “but if things don't start calming down from now, this may be one of those releases that will need an rc8. We'll see.” ®

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