Linus Torvalds ανακοίνωσε την κυκλοφορία και την άμεση διαθεσιμότητα για λήψη και essay of a new (second) RC (Release Candidate) of the Linux kernel. Linux kernel 4.5 RC 2 release is here.
According to Mr. Torvalds, the core of Linux 4.5 RC2 is big enough, at least compared to the first version of Release Candidate.
Περιλαμβάνει νέα αρχιτεκτονική και ενημερώσεις προγραμμάτων οδήγησης (drivers), κάποιες διορθώσεις για το σύστημα files Btrfs, PERF improvements, as well as the new virtio self-tests. Apart from these, it includes a lot of small improvements, which you can see in the log of the release.
If you are one of those used to testing Release Candidate versions, the Linux 4.5 RC2 kernel is available at kernel.org.
The final version of the 4.5 Linux kernel should be ready sometime in March of 2016.