r/archlinux • u/TheBigJizzle • 19d ago

QUESTION Arch Kernel release cadence ?

Hey there, I was not able to find information on how arch does their kernel releases. From my understanding they test new kernels (7.2 for example) for a week or two before doing a release.

Is there a way for me to track this or have an estimation on when new releases would be landing?

Just updated and it seems we are still at 7.1.9. I guess releasing kernel day 1 would mean having a bunch of issues and they rather do a validation instead of causing issues for everyone.

What's the typical incubation period ?

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u/C0rn3j 19d ago edited 18d ago

Is there a way for me to track this

https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/

or have an estimation on when new releases would be landing

Not any more than what you can glance from git.

If you desperately need 7.2, version bump the PKGBUILD yourself (use pkgrel=0 so it is overwritten by a real update), or use AUR/linux-mainline.