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Linus has released 6.13-rc1 and closed the
merge window for this release. “And for once – possibly the first time
ever – it looks like the release cycle doesn’t clash horribly up with
the holiday season, and we’ll have time both to stabilize this release,
_and_ the work for 6.14 won’t be starting until well into January.“