Next Long Term Stable?

Next Long Term Stable?

[Leann Ogasawara]

Hi Greg,

I realize it's likely too early to even be inquiring about the next
Longterm Stable kernel you'd be selecting to maintain, especially
since you've recently selected the v3.10 kernel.  However, I thought
it wouldn't hurt to at least mention that Ubuntu will anticipate
shipping a v3.13 based kernel for the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
release happening in April 2014.  If it were possible, I know the
Ubuntu kernel engineers would be interested in aligning and
contributing to the next Long Term Stable Kernel you choose.  At the
very least, I hope this information gives you at least one extra data
point for when you do select the next Longterm Stable kernel you plan
to maintain.  Thanks again for all the stable support and maintenance.

Regards,
Leann

Re: Next Long Term Stable?

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 03:42:26PM -0800, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I realize it's likely too early to even be inquiring about the next
> Longterm Stable kernel you'd be selecting to maintain, especially
> since you've recently selected the v3.10 kernel.  However, I thought
> it wouldn't hurt to at least mention that Ubuntu will anticipate
> shipping a v3.13 based kernel for the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
> release happening in April 2014.  If it were possible, I know the
> Ubuntu kernel engineers would be interested in aligning and
> contributing to the next Long Term Stable Kernel you choose.  At the
> very least, I hope this information gives you at least one extra data
> point for when you do select the next Longterm Stable kernel you plan
> to maintain.  Thanks again for all the stable support and maintenance.

Thanks for letting us know, but given that I have stated numerous times
that I can not maintain 3 longterm stable kernels at the same time, and
if you look at the published supported schedule at:
	https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
it's going to be impossible for me to choose 3.13 as a longterm kernel,
sorry.

But best of luck with your LTS kernel, and if you find patches that are
applicable for 3.10, please feel free to send them to
stable@vger.kernel.org so that we can pick them up for that release as
well.

thanks,

greg k-h