Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:12:18 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status |
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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
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