In the change log for rc6 it's mentioned that the adaptive UI breakpoints have changed:
Breaking Changes
Added breakpoints: xs, gt-xs, xl per Material Design spec. Breakpoints sm and gt-sm have changed.
First of all, the docs are still for the pre-rc6 breakpoints (sm = 600px, md = 960px, ...). There's no mention of xs or xl anywhere.
Additionally, there doesn't seem to be CSS classes for hide-gt-xs, show-gt-xs, layout-padding-gt-xs, layout-margin-gt-xs. There might be more, but at least the first 2 are crucial for a successful transition from rc5 to rc6.
Also there, are still inconsistencies I've mentioned in #5576.