ILinus Torvalds ibuyile ukusebenza emva "kwekhefu" lokucamngca ngolwimi lwakhe kwi-LKML, emva kokukhokela iprojekti yasimahla ye-kernel kwakhona, ngoku sibonile ukuba sineLinux 4.19 LTS ekhoyo eya kuthi iqhubeke nokugcinwa kunye neepatches kunye nohlaziyo ixesha elide ixesha. Ukongeza, imisebenzi yenkqubo sele iqalile kwaye iyakuba yintoni i-Linux 4.20 eyenziweyo, enyanisweni ungalikhuphela uguqulelo lweLinux 4.20 RC1 ku kernel.org.
Ngapha koko, ukusukela oko, kubonakala ngathi oku iya kuba yintsimbi yokugqibela kwisebe le-4.x Kwaye kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa, emva kwee-RCs zokugqibela zeli sebe 4.20 kunye nokumiselwa kokugqibela okuza kwenzeka ukusukela nge-4.20, ezi-4 ziya kuphela ukwamkela 5. U-Linus Torvalds ngokwakhe utshilo kuluhlu ukuba «sonke singabala […]. Linani elijikelezayo elilungileyo. […] Ndicinga ukuba iLinus 20 izakuphuma kunyaka olandelayo, xa siphelelwa yiminwe (ukugcina ukubala).
Kuqikelelwa, ukuba akukho kulibaziseka kwii-RCs okanye iingxaki zohlobo oluthile ezinokulibazisa ukukhutshwa njengoko bekucwangcisiwe, yonke into ibonisa ukuba iLinux 4.20 kwinguqu yayo yokugqibela iya kukhutshwa ukuphela kukaDisemba walo nyaka, ke ukuba kunjalo ekhethwe ukuqala i-Linux 5.x, uguqulelo I-Linux 5.0 iza kufika ngoJanuwari 2019. Sele uyazi ukuba iinombolo zenguqulo yeLinux azenzi ngqondo ingako kwaye ezi ntlobo zokutsiba zenzeka, ngaphandle kokulandela ulandelelwano lomgama, ukuthintela amanani aphakame kakhulu ukuze ungadibanisi amagama.
Zingasekho iintsuku apho bezisetyenziswa iinguqulelo nkqu nezo zizinzileyo, ezinje ngo-2.4, 2.6, njengoko uza kukhumbula, nakwizinto ezingazinzanga, oko kukuthi, kwabo babephuhliso, iinguqulelo ezingaqhelekanga ezifana no-2.3, 2.7, njl., Nangona ukhumbula ukuba oku kutshintshile emva 2.6 yaya kwiinguqulelo 3.x, apho lo mthetho wawungasalandelwa kwaye iiRCs zisetyenziselwa abaviwa kuphuhliso kunye nohlobo lokugqibela loluzinzileyo ...