Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc7

The 6.19-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for
testing.

So normally this would be the last rc of the release, but as I’ve
mentioned every rc (because I really want people to be aware and be
able to plan for things) this release we’ll have an rc8 due to the
holiday season.

And while some of the early rc’s were smaller than usual and it
didn’t seem necessary, right now I’m quite happy I made that
call. Not because there’s anything particularly scary here – the
release seems to be going fairly smoothly – but because this rc7
really is larger than things normally are and should be at this
point.

Along with the usual fixes, this -rc also includes a new
document describing the process to replace the kernel project
leadership should that become necessary in the absence of an arranged
transition. The plan largely follows what was decided at the Maintainers Summit in December.