Phoronix reports that Linux 7.3-rc6 landed with commit counts Linus Torvalds called normal for what he describes as the new “AI normal,” a cycle in which much of the churn is small error-path and bug fixes generated or surfaced with AI and LLM tooling. Torvalds said the week’s diffstat was back to half driver fixes, noted that networking and other fixes were delayed by the AI/LLM noise, and flagged that the annual maintainer summit, Linux Plumbers Conference and his own vacation could make the next merge window “a bit wonky.”
Linux 7.3-rc6 Released: Normal For The New "AI Normal"
Phoronix reports that Linux 7.3-rc6 landed with commit counts Linus Torvalds called normal for what he describes as the new "AI normal," a cycle in which much of the churn is small error-path and bug fixes generated or surfaced with AI and LLM tooling. Torvalds said the week's diffstat was back to half driver fixes, noted that networking and other fixes were delayed by the AI/LLM noise, and flagged that the annual maintainer summit, Linux Plumbers Conference and his own vacation could make the next merge window "a bit wonky."
Source: Phoronix