Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:05 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel |
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:27:01PM +0100, Américo Wang wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:03:40AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > >2.6.16 has become a bit dated, and I'll maintain 2.6.27 for a few years > >as a replacement. > > > >As with 2.6.16, I'll pickup maintainance when the normal -stable > >maintainance ends (at some point after 2.6.28 gets released in January). > > > >It is intended to fill the niche for users who are not using > >distribution kernels but want to use a regression-free kernel for a > >longer time. It might be a small part of the userbase, but after the > >experiences with 2.6.16 I can say that there are quite a few users > >who appreciate such an offering. > > > >As people might have noted I wasn't able to do much kernel stuff > >recently, and 2.6.16 also suffered from this. I'll bring 2.6.16 back > >into shape and keep it maintained until at least mid-2009. > > Thanks for your work. > > I am just wondering why you only selected .16 and .27, not others? > Are there some specical reasons why you did this?
If the question is why it isn't .26 or .28:
I'm checking whether my computer works fine with a kernel, and also very slightly what distributions might use a kernel, but in the end it's pretty random.
If the question is about the big gap between them:
I don't want to maintain 10 kernels at once, and also for getting fixes from other kernel developers it's better when I don't do this for too many kernels.
> Thank you.
cu Adrian
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