Linux 7.4's first release candidate follows a merge window with almost 20,000 commits

The Linux 7.4 merge window had almost 20,000 commits, compared with roughly 15,000 normally. Torvalds hopes the AI-found fixes arriving during regular development mark a shift away from late-stage stabilization fixes. He said expectations that 7.4 will be a long-term support release may also explain the size, and AI-suggested patches often get rewritten.