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I2C MAINTAINER HANDS OFF AFTER 13 YEARS, KERNEL RC8 TIGHTENS BEFORE 7.2

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Wolfram Sang is stepping down as I2C maintainer after leading the subsystem since 2010, handing control to Andi Shyti just as the kernel enters its final release candidate cycle with critical fixes across clock drivers and core debugging.

The I2C subsystem is in transition [1]. Wolfram Sang, who has steered the maintainer role for 13 and a half years, is passing the baton to Andi Shyti starting with the 7.2 cycle. The rc8 pull request includes two significant patches alongside routine fixes, marking a formal changing of the guard for one of the kernel's foundational subsystems. Meanwhile, the clock driver team is patching critical regressions [2]. Qualcomm and Google GS101 platforms are getting targeted fixes: a skip on mdp_clk_src parking that was breaking recovery consoles, and a register correction for GS101 resume paths. On the core side, PREEMPT_RT kernels are getting relief from a potential deadlock in debugobjects that could fire during early boot hardirq context [3]. The archinstall project is keeping pace with tooling updates [4][5][6], rolling ruff from 0.15.16 to 0.15.17 across both pre-commit hooks and direct dependencies, plus pushing python-cryptography from 48.0.0 to 48.0.1.

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  1. [1] Merge tag 'i2c-for-7.1-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  2. [2] Merge tag 'clk-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clk/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  3. [3] Merge tag 'core-urgent-2026-06-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip torvalds/linux ↗
  4. [4] Update pre-commit hook astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit to v0.15.17 ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  5. [5] Update dependency ruff to v0.15.17 ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  6. [6] Update dependency arch/python-cryptography to v48.0.1 ↗ archlinux/archinstall

$ ls linux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Omarchy polkit PAM stack skipped system-auth the month in review Linux 7.3 rc cycle fixes cgroup kill, SMB corruption
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Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on June 14, 2026?
Wolfram Sang is stepping down as I2C maintainer after leading the subsystem since 2010, handing control to Andi Shyti just as the kernel enters its final release candidate cycle with critical fixes across clock drivers and core debugging. In total, 3 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on June 14, 2026?
1 developer shipped this update, including renovate[bot].
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'i2c-for-7.1-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux, Merge tag 'clk-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clk/linux, and Merge tag 'core-urgent-2026-06-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.
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$ log Linux --recent

drm-fixes backs out dma-buf debug, vfs closes pathwalk use-after-frees 29 shipped Netlink stops hashing the net pointer, stmmac clears a stuck RGMII interrupt 27 shipped Poly1305 carry fix lands, Omarchy locks down N1x laptops and idle fingerprint readers 23 shipped Omarchy copies agent logins over SSH, kernel queues 7.4 merges 106 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

Alignment & Post-training verl rejects conflicting vLLM engine_kwargs, open-instruct adds MILES OPD behind a Megatron learner Interpretability nnsight 0.8.0 cuts import time from 7.6s to 1.6s

$ ls showcases/

Safety Evals AI Red Teaming Agent Security Interpretability Alignment & Post-training

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