Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:00:45 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel |
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On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 09:02:23PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:03:40AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > 2.6.16 has become a bit dated, and I'll maintain 2.6.27 for a few years > > as a replacement. > > Hm, you're not the only one going to be doing this, there are at least > three distros basing their latest releases on this kernel :)
Oh that's good news as it will give it more exposure and bugs will be found and fixed faster. Having 2.6.25 in opensuse may have contributed to its stability.
> > As with 2.6.16, I'll pickup maintainance when the normal -stable > > maintainance ends (at some point after 2.6.28 gets released in January). > > I was considering hanging on to .27 for a while longer than the .28 > release, much like .25 has been working out.
BTW, how long to you think you'll keep pushing fixes for .25 ? It's been working really well and might have been the most reliable 2.6 I've seen, 2.6.16 aside. I'll keep using it waiting for 2.6.27 to settle down a bit.
> Hey, I personally liked it as it made maintaining SLES a lot easier, > thanks a lot for your work there!
Not only there, but everywhere you need to embed a 2.6 without too many features and without an easy ability to upgrade it, 2.6.16 has been a good choice.
Thanks to you guys for the time you spend maintaining stable releases! I really hope that 2.6.27 will be a viable replacement for 2.4 in the long term.
Willy
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