Two days after announcing the release of the Linux 4.8 kernel as the latest stable and most advanced kernel branch for GNU/Linux operating systems, Linus Torvalds apologizes on the kernel mailing list for the inclusion of bug.
According to Mr. Torvalds, the bug was left in the last RC8 (Release Candidate 8) build by kernel developer Andrew Morton, which caused problems when attempting to compile it, thus resulting in a dead kernel. If you’re curious, the full report is attached to Linus Torvalds’ mailing list announcement.
“I’m really sorry I applied that last series from Andrew just before doing the 4.8 release, because they cause problems, and now it is in 4.8 (and that buggy crap is marked for stable too),” says Linus Torvalds. “This went in very late in the … (read more)
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