{
  "id": 65366,
  "title": "Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc6",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/kernel-prepatch-7-2-rc6",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T00:11:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1086727/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 7.2-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Quoth Linus: \" Hmm. This rc is huge. Even by the \"new normal\" standards this is a big rc, and I think it's the biggest rc6 we've had in years at least by commit count. \" There were 537 non-merge commits applied between 7.2-rc5 and 7.2-rc6.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}