A glitch in the merge window On January 13, Linus Torvalds <a href="https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAHk-=wjMWpmXtKeiN__vnNO4TcttZR-8dVvd_oBq+hjeSsWUwg@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow">let it be known</a> that he had lost power due to the bad weather in the US Pacific Northwest. As of this writing, he has not yet resurfaced, so the 6.8 merge window has ground to a halt. There's apparently about 100k people without power, and I doubt our neighborhood is the priority, so I expect to be without power for some time still. I hope I'm wrong, but a few years ago it took more than a week to restore power due to all the downed trees. It's hopefully nowhere near that, but.. https://lwn.net/Articles/958424/