Kernel prepatch 7.4-rc1
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Linus Torvalds has released the 7.4-rc1 prepatch and closed the merge window, as reported by LWN.net. The window pulled in 18,591 non-merge changesets, a record that nearly matches the whole 7.3 cycle, and 2,678 developers have contributed so far, 625 of them first-timers. Torvalds attributes the size to AI-triggered work and sees it as healthier arriving in the merge window than as fixes during stabilization. The figures come from his announcement; the claim check found no independent sources.