Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:13:48 -0500 | From | Tyler Hicks <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: process: replace outdated LTS table w/ link |
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On 2022-10-14 10:10:40, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > The existing table was a bit outdated. > > 3.16 was EOL in 2020. > 4.4 was EOL in 2022. > > 5.10 is new in 2020. > 5.15 is new in 2021. > > We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022. > > Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from > multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to > be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases. > > Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com> > Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > --- > Changes v1 -> v2: > * Rather than update table, use a link as per Tyler and Bagas. > * Carry forward GKH's SB tag.
Thanks! Was just about to send out that same thing. :)
Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks (Microsoft) <code@tyhicks.com>
Tyler
> > Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 15 ++++----------- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst > index e05fb1b8f8b6..6a919cffcbfd 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst > @@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the > 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release. > > Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support > -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels > -and their maintainers are: > - > - ====== ================================ ======================= > - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel) > - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel) > - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin > - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin > - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin > - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin > - ====== ================================ ======================= > +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active > +long term kernel versions and their maintainers: > + > + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > > The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a > maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There > > base-commit: 9c9155a3509a2ebdb06d77c7a621e9685c802eac > -- > 2.38.0.413.g74048e4d9e-goog >
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