[OT] Linus Torvalds delays Linux 3.0 launch due to a subtle bug

Basil Chupin blchupin at iinet.net.au
Wed Jul 20 01:12:43 UTC 2011


*LINUX FOUNDER* Linus Torvalds has said that he's delaying the release
of Linux 3.0 due to the discovery of a bug.

Torvalds announced back in May that the Linux 2.6.40 kernel will be
rebadged as the Linux 3.0 kernel
<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2074875/linus-torvalds-christens-linux-kernel>.
The projected release date of Linux 3.0 was supposed to be today, but in
a post on Google+, Torvalds explained that the discovery
<https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/2BXkWyrY4jH#102150693225130002912/posts/2BXkWyrY4jH>
of a "subtle pathname lookup bug" has delayed the release.

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