From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757503Ab2AKPOS (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:14:18 -0500 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:49313 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757105Ab2AKPOP (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:14:15 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: U2IZdrgd/gHA6Cu8TBseWsDC1X5CNwKzE/FebsudgqgB 1326294854 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:12:18 -0800 From: Greg KH To: tim.gardner@canonical.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status Message-ID: <20120111151218.GB24077@kroah.com> References: <20120110003705.GA9482@kroah.com> <20120110022617.GA11376@home.goodmis.org> <4F0C0CF5.1080706@gmail.com> <20120110235612.GB1507@kroah.com> <4F0D6006.40506@canonical.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F0D6006.40506@canonical.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:10:14AM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > On 01/11/2012 12:56 AM, Greg KH wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:03:33AM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > >>On 01/10/2012 03:26 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > >>>On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:37:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > >>>>As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the > >>>>different stable/longterm kernel trees. > >>> > >>>Thanks for all your hard work Greg! > >>> > >> > >>I'd also like to thank Greg. > >> > >>Ubuntu will continue to support 2.6.32.y until April 2015. Ubuntu > >>has also chosen 3.2 as a long term supported kernel for the 12.04 > >>release and will pick up support for it when 3.3 is released. > > > >What exactly do you mean by this? > > > >greg k-h > > If you're agreeable, I would very much prefer to continue with the > stable update model that you've developed by committing to the > linux-2.6.32.y and linux-3.2.y branches in git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git. > The mailing list review process as well as the policies regarding > patch suitability are working well. As I previously stated, in this email, I already have someone lined up to maintain 2.6.32 after I am done with it, but I'm sure that person would love it if you would send any needed patches to stable@vger.kernel.org to help them out. greg k-h