Current LTS and their EOL
Hi Greg, Ben, and all
Is https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html updated in terms of EOL?
Some news out of Linaro conference [2] generated a lot of doubts and questions around.
Specially because on the way it was stated by the news 3.16 wouldn't be active anymore. So I'm not sure about the news, but I'd like confirmation from you about expected EOL.
[2] https://itsfoss.com/linux-lts-kernel-six-years/
Thanks in advance,
Rodrigo.
Greg KH
maintainerQuoted 3 lines · Rodrigo Vivi
Hi Greg, Ben, and all
Is https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html updated in terms of EOL?
As of right now, for the kernels I maintain, yes, it is correct.
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Some news out of Linaro conference [2] generated a lot of doubts and questions around.
Specially because on the way it was stated by the news 3.16 wouldn't be active anymore. So I'm not sure about the news, but I'd like confirmation from you about expected EOL.
Linaro has nothing to do with the 3.16 kernel, so why are you confusing that with what was announced at that conference, which was about the 4.4 kernel tree?
thanks,
greg k-h
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Quoted 3 lines · Rodrigo Vivi
Hi Greg, Ben, and all
Is https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html updated in terms of EOL?
As of right now, for the kernels I maintain, yes, it is correct.
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Some news out of Linaro conference [2] generated a lot of doubts and questions around.
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Specially because on the way it was stated by the news 3.16 wouldn't be active anymore. So I'm not sure about the news, but I'd like confirmation from you about expected EOL.
Linaro has nothing to do with the 3.16 kernel, so why are you confusing that with what was announced at that conference, which was about the 4.4 kernel tree?
The article says that other longterm branches are only supported for 2 years - which has been your usual practice, but obviously doesn't reflect what all stable maintainers have done.
I try to ensure that every stable branch used in a Debian release is maintained for the lifetime of that Debian release. That means 5-6 years after the initial release of the kernel version. So far that has included 2.6.32 (maintained by Willy Tarreau), 3.2 and 3.16 (maintained by me).
In the latest release we used Linux 4.9 which currently has a stated EOL of 2019. But I'm prepared to take on maintenance from that point until June 2022. Greg, is that OK with you and should the EOL be updated on that basis?
Ben.
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Greg KH
maintainerQuoted 29 lines · Ben Hutchings
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Quoted 3 lines · Rodrigo Vivi
Hi Greg, Ben, and all
Is https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html updated in terms of EOL?
As of right now, for the kernels I maintain, yes, it is correct.
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Some news out of Linaro conference [2] generated a lot of doubts and questions around.
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Specially because on the way it was stated by the news 3.16 wouldn't be active anymore. So I'm not sure about the news, but I'd like confirmation from you about expected EOL.
Linaro has nothing to do with the 3.16 kernel, so why are you confusing that with what was announced at that conference, which was about the 4.4 kernel tree?
The article says that other longterm branches are only supported for 2 years - which has been your usual practice, but obviously doesn't reflect what all stable maintainers have done.
I try to ensure that every stable branch used in a Debian release is maintained for the lifetime of that Debian release. That means 5-6 years after the initial release of the kernel version. So far that has included 2.6.32 (maintained by Willy Tarreau), 3.2 and 3.16 (maintained by me).
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In the latest release we used Linux 4.9 which currently has a stated EOL of 2019. But I'm prepared to take on maintenance from that point until June 2022. Greg, is that OK with you and should the EOL be updated on that basis?
Thanks a lot for the offer, but I can handle 4.9 until 2023 now, and I've updated kernel.org with the new dates to reflect this. I can always use help though, if you want to make sure I don't miss any patches that Debian specifically needs.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Quoted 4 lines · Ben Hutchings
In the latest release we used Linux 4.9 which currently has a stated EOL of 2019. But I'm prepared to take on maintenance from that point until June 2022. Greg, is that OK with you and should the EOL be updated on that basis?
Thanks a lot for the offer, but I can handle 4.9 until 2023 now, and I've updated kernel.org with the new dates to reflect this. I can always use help though, if you want to make sure I don't miss any patches that Debian specifically needs.
Excellent, thank you very much Greg!
Willy