Is the 2.4.0 finished?

[fsvara]

As most of you have propably noticed, since a few days the 'ticker' at kernel.org is stuck at latest prepatch 2.4.0-test11 pre7 and latest developer release 2.4.0-test11.
That suggests that 2.4.0-test11 is finished, but they aren't doing any prepaching anymore. My theory is that the next release will be 2.4.0 (final) and that 2.4.0 final is already finsihed, or at least almost finished. Why?
Cuz somewhere in the frontpage LNO news it said that Linus is trying to release 2.4.0 synchroneously with the birthday of his daughter. So couldn't it be that they are finished, but waiting for the daughters birthday to release it, and that's why we don't see any progression on kernel.org anymore? The ticker used to jump from testX to testX+1 almost every day.
What do you think?

[fuzzy]

I'm sure they want it to be released on her birthday but, honestly, the final -test11 version was just released recently.
I'm guessing you may be close to the mark on your assumptions. In any case, I'm using the -test11 release now and it works just fine!

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[fsvara]

Yeah, I meant preX to preX+1 not testX, of course.
The pre whatever really incremented almost every day, I checked it daily.

[Shad]

Did you read the changelog? All the releases were just bug fixes and it seems fairly minor ones. However, if the past is any indication, there is a bit of time for the prerelease to be updated.

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[yvrich]

Besides, Linus' daughter was born last week, so they shouldn't be waiting for that anymore.

[PLBlaze]

Well, you guys might be right but Alan Cox has some test11-acX on kernel.org site.That's why the preX and test11 is not moving up.Whaterver it is, it can only mean that 2.4.0-final is coming out soon,it better be http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif.