Messages in this thread | | | From | Kaiwan N Billimoria <> | Date | Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:15:56 +0530 | Subject | Re: Reg the next LTS kernel (6.1?) |
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 10:11 PM Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 07:14:14PM +0530, Kaiwan N Billimoria wrote: > > :-) Got it. > > Taking your point into account, I'll rephrase: as the _convention_ is > > to mark the last release in the year as LTS, is there any visibility > > on when, or if, it comes about? > > What Greg tried to explain to you is that the convention is to pick a > sufficiently well tested kernel to make sure its maintenance will not > become a huge burden, and that it cannot be a single-person effort, > testers are needed during that period. As such companies and/or users > engaging in investing some resources for testing are extremely > important and if some have a good reason to prefer investing that time > on a different kernel, their choice will count more than just a kind > request on the mailing list. Now you know how to make your voice count > if you want/need 6.1 to become LTS. > Willy, Greg K-H, thanks for your guidance, Kaiwan. > Regards, > Willy
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