From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7341AC5479D for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:22:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237906AbjAKFWj (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:22:39 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57220 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231779AbjAKFSd (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:18:33 -0500 Received: from sin.source.kernel.org (sin.source.kernel.org [145.40.73.55]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABDF115812; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:11:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sin.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 246D6CE1AAF; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D74E2C433EF; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:11:16 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1673413877; bh=JQud3bdxfW9d13HD1Va8xDyL1hemNpLFahGhhl8nLUk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=TVutJN7rf0VxtG8MsHWzP2cIAO+/SLKDdyhbnT9gu0sILNj78HUbBTulQtLHAs84S 4c56wNngFx4OGZFkFFtrWrbICDgq6cm8uC1upI+oROr6zwPG17oGaTmq+AJ4O0W7OJ qNBGq0Fd9SvaOQZIMuM6ejtMAS4jEswgGUZuHqOg= Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:11:13 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Sedat Dilek Cc: Sasha Levin , helpdesk@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Larabel , Konstantin Ryabitsev , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Please, clear statement to what is next LTS linux-kernel Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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