Re: [PATCH 6.18 000/957] 6.18.32-rc1 review

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Thu May 21 2026 - 04:32:06 EST


On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 08:14:32AM +0200, Peter Schneider wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Am 20.05.2026 um 18:08 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.32 release.
>
> Now I'm severely confused. You released 6.18.32 on May 17th, if I'm not mistaken.
>
> Shouldn't this new 6.18 RC be subversion 33? Did you miss to increment the version number?
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/commit/?h=linux-6.18.y&id=b7adc4ce3f26a74d49d3703c6390645cb313e52d

Ah crap, yes, I had to do it "by hand" due to some mess on my side and I
forgot to bump that number. I should rely on my scripts to do it
instead, as that's the correct way forward.

When this is released, it will have the correct number.

thanks,

greg k-h