Happy new 2023,
I normally watch [1] for the next LTS linux-kernel which is for me an official site and for an official announcement.
On the debian-kernel mailing list you read Linux 6.1 will be the official one for Debian-12 aka bookworm.
I saw a phoronix article about EOL of Linux-4.9 [3] which points to [2].
[2] says:
After being prompted on the kernel mailing list, Linux stable maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman commented:
I usually pick the "last kernel of the year", and based on the normal release cycle, yes, 6.1 will be that kernel. But I can't promise anything until it is released, for obvious reasons.
This is not a clear statement for me and was maybe at a point where 6.1 was not released.
If you published a clear statement please point me to it. And if so, please update [1] accordingly. ( It dropped 4.9 from LTS list recently from [1] - guess Konstantin or someone from helpdesk did - so [1] is actively maintained. )
Please, a clear statement.
Thanks.
Regards, -Sedat-
P.S.: Just for the records: I am not subscribed to LKML or linux-stable mailing-lists and may miss such a clear statement.
[1] https://kernel.org/category/releases.html [2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.1-Likely-LTS [3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-4.9.337-LTS-Over [4] https://release.debian.org/ > Key release dates