Developers · Updated 17 Oct, 10:44 pm IST
Linux 7.2 kernel sees record contributions and nearly 600,000 lines added
Why it matters for readers: Gives a sense of how large and active the Linux development community is and what changed in this release.
- Linux 7.2 was released on August 17, according to Linus Torvalds.1
- The 7.2 cycle added nearly 600,000 lines of code.1
- There were 16,418 non-merge commits brought into mainline for 7.2.1
- A total of 2,652 developers contributed to the 7.2 release, up from 2,479 in 7.1.1
- 7.2 is the second-busiest release by commits, behind 6.7, and the work is broad-based rather than dominated by a single project.1
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