Linux 3.16.y.z extended stable support
The Ubuntu kernel team is pleased to announce that we will be providing extended stable support for the Linux 3.16 kernel until April 2016 as a third party effort maintained on our infrastructure. The team will pick up stable maintenance where Greg KH left off with v3.16.7 [1]. Thank you, Greg.
In addition to the Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" release, the Debian 8 "Jessie" release will also be based on this kernel [2]. Since the regular support for "Jessie" will go beyond April 2016, after this date Ben Hutchings (or myself) will continue the Linux 3.16 kernel maintenance.
Our linux-3.16.y{-queue,-review} stable branches will fork from v3.16.7
and will be published here:
git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git
We will use the same stable request/review workflow and follow the standard upstream stable kernel rules. More details are available here [3].
We welcome any feedback and contribution to this effort. We will be posting the first review cycle patch set in a week or two.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/30/583
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2014/07/msg00413.html
[3] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Cheers,
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Lu�s Henriques Ubuntu Kernel Team, Canonical Ltd.
Quoted 22 lines · Luis Henriques
The Ubuntu kernel team is pleased to announce that we will be providing extended stable support for the Linux 3.16 kernel until April 2016 as a third party effort maintained on our infrastructure. The team will pick up stable maintenance where Greg KH left off with v3.16.7 [1]. Thank you, Greg.
In addition to the Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" release, the Debian 8 "Jessie" release will also be based on this kernel [2]. Since the regular support for "Jessie" will go beyond April 2016, after this date Ben Hutchings (or myself) will continue the Linux 3.16 kernel maintenance.
Our linux-3.16.y{-queue,-review} stable branches will fork from v3.16.7
and will be published here:
git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.gitWe will use the same stable request/review workflow and follow the standard upstream stable kernel rules. More details are available here [3].
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We welcome any feedback and contribution to this effort. We will be posting the first review cycle patch set in a week or two.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/30/583
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2014/07/msg00413.html
[3] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Can you _PLEASE_ use a '-somename' format of the kernel release numbering scheme for this release, if you are going to do this, to reduce the confusion that has been happening with your kernel releases?
thanks,
greg k-h
Quoted 16 lines · Luis Henriques
The Ubuntu kernel team is pleased to announce that we will be providing extended stable support for the Linux 3.16 kernel until April 2016 as a third party effort maintained on our infrastructure. The team will pick up stable maintenance where Greg KH left off with v3.16.7 [1]. Thank you, Greg.
In addition to the Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" release, the Debian 8 "Jessie" release will also be based on this kernel [2]. Since the regular support for "Jessie" will go beyond April 2016, after this date Ben Hutchings (or myself) will continue the Linux 3.16 kernel maintenance.
Our linux-3.16.y{-queue,-review} stable branches will fork from v3.16.7
and will be published here:
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git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.gitWe will use the same stable request/review workflow and follow the standard upstream stable kernel rules. More details are available here [3].
In addition, I would like to announce a change in the kernel numbering scheme that we will be using: we are adding the string '-ckt' ('Canonical Kernel Team') to the kernel version. So, for example, kernel '3.16.7.1' becomes '3.16.7-ckt1'.
Note that this change applies *only* to the 3.16 kernel, although in the future we may consider doing it for other kernels we are currently maintaining.
Cheers,
--
Lu�s
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We welcome any feedback and contribution to this effort. We will be posting the first review cycle patch set in a week or two.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/30/583
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2014/07/msg00413.html
[3] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStableCheers,
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Lu�s Henriques Ubuntu Kernel Team, Canonical Ltd. -- kernel-team mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-team
Greg KH
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Quoted 16 lines · Luis Henriques
The Ubuntu kernel team is pleased to announce that we will be providing extended stable support for the Linux 3.16 kernel until April 2016 as a third party effort maintained on our infrastructure. The team will pick up stable maintenance where Greg KH left off with v3.16.7 [1]. Thank you, Greg.
In addition to the Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" release, the Debian 8 "Jessie" release will also be based on this kernel [2]. Since the regular support for "Jessie" will go beyond April 2016, after this date Ben Hutchings (or myself) will continue the Linux 3.16 kernel maintenance.
Our linux-3.16.y{-queue,-review} stable branches will fork from v3.16.7
and will be published here:Quoted 6 lines
git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.gitWe will use the same stable request/review workflow and follow the standard upstream stable kernel rules. More details are available here [3].
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In addition, I would like to announce a change in the kernel numbering scheme that we will be using: we are adding the string '-ckt' ('Canonical Kernel Team') to the kernel version. So, for example, kernel '3.16.7.1' becomes '3.16.7-ckt1'.
Thank you for doing this.
greg k-h