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
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 09:22:48PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
( It dropped 4.9 from LTS list recently from [1] - guess Konstantin or someone from helpdesk did - so [1] is actively maintained. )
Greg makes these changes himself: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/website.git/
-K
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 09:22:48PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
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.
Why exactly do you need a "clear statement"? What will that change (or not change) if it is made?
Please see this previous thread for what I need from others before I can make such a thing: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y53BputYK+3djDME@kroah.com
Can you help answer those questions for your use case please? That will help us make our decision.
thanks,
greg k-h
On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 6:11 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 09:22:48PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
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.
Why exactly do you need a "clear statement"? What will that change (or not change) if it is made?
Please see this previous thread for what I need from others before I can make such a thing: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y53BputYK+3djDME@kroah.com
Can you help answer those questions for your use case please? That will help us make our decision.
You made a clear statement: There was NO decision made for a new LTS kernel. Stand: 11-Jan-2023 Linux 6.1 is NOT an LTS kernel.
Thanks.
Best regards, -Sedat-
linux-stable-mirror@lists.linaro.org
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Sedat Dilek