The existing table was a bit outdated.
3.16 was EOL in 2020.
4.4 was EOL in 2022.
5.10 is new in 2020.
5.15 is new in 2021.
We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
Changes v1 -> v2:
* Rather than update table, use a link as per Tyler and Bagas.
* Carry forward GKH's SB tag.
Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 15 ++++-----------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
index e05fb1b8f8b6..6a919cffcbfd 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
@@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the
5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release.
Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support
-for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels
-and their maintainers are:
-
- ====== ================================ =======================
- 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel)
- 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel)
- 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
- 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
- 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
- 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
- ====== ================================ =======================
+for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active
+long term kernel versions and their maintainers:
+
+ https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a
maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There
base-commit: 9c9155a3509a2ebdb06d77c7a621e9685c802eac
--
2.38.0.413.g74048e4d9e-goog
On 2022-10-14 10:10:40, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> The existing table was a bit outdated.
>
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
>
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
>
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
>
> Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
> multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
> be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
>
> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes v1 -> v2:
> * Rather than update table, use a link as per Tyler and Bagas.
> * Carry forward GKH's SB tag.
Thanks! Was just about to send out that same thing. :)
Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
Tyler
>
> Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 15 ++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> index e05fb1b8f8b6..6a919cffcbfd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> @@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the
> 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release.
>
> Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support
> -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels
> -and their maintainers are:
> -
> - ====== ================================ =======================
> - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel)
> - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel)
> - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - ====== ================================ =======================
> +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active
> +long term kernel versions and their maintainers:
> +
> + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
>
> The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a
> maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There
>
> base-commit: 9c9155a3509a2ebdb06d77c7a621e9685c802eac
> --
> 2.38.0.413.g74048e4d9e-goog
>
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 10:10:40AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> The existing table was a bit outdated.
>
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
>
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
>
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
>
> Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
> multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
> be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
>
> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes v1 -> v2:
> * Rather than update table, use a link as per Tyler and Bagas.
> * Carry forward GKH's SB tag.
Looks great, thanks!
On 10/15/22 00:10, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> The existing table was a bit outdated.
>
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
>
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
>
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
>
> Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
> multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
> be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
>
> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Should this patch be backported to all stable releases? I see Cc: stable
on message header, but not in the patch trailer.
> Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support
> -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels
> -and their maintainers are:
> -
> - ====== ================================ =======================
> - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel)
> - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel)
> - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> - ====== ================================ =======================
> +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active
> +long term kernel versions and their maintainers:
> +
> + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
>
LGTM, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
--
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 7:06 PM Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 10/15/22 00:10, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > The existing table was a bit outdated.
> >
> > 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> > 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> >
> > 5.10 is new in 2020.
> > 5.15 is new in 2021.
> >
> > We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> >
> > Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
> > multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
> > be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
> > Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
>
> Should this patch be backported to all stable releases? I see Cc: stable
> on message header, but not in the patch trailer.
I don't think so; unless people read stable versions of the
documentation rather than HEAD?
Perhaps I didn't need to cc stable, but I think that's ok for
notifying people who are interested in stable, not necessarily
strictly for backports?
Either way, thanks again for the reviews+suggestions.
>
> > Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support
> > -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels
> > -and their maintainers are:
> > -
> > - ====== ================================ =======================
> > - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel)
> > - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel)
> > - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> > - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> > - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> > - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> > - ====== ================================ =======================
> > +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active
> > +long term kernel versions and their maintainers:
> > +
> > + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
> >
>
> LGTM, thanks.
>
> Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
>
> --
> An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
>
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
On 10/18/22 07:04, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
>> Should this patch be backported to all stable releases? I see Cc: stable
>> on message header, but not in the patch trailer.
>
> I don't think so; unless people read stable versions of the
> documentation rather than HEAD?
> Perhaps I didn't need to cc stable, but I think that's ok for
> notifying people who are interested in stable, not necessarily
> strictly for backports?
> Either way, thanks again for the reviews+suggestions.
>
I think most people will simply read the documentation from master branch
(as in docs.kernel.org).
Thanks.
--
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]> writes:
> The existing table was a bit outdated.
>
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
>
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
>
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
>
> Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
> multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
> be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
>
> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
jon
On 10/19/22 04:44, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> The existing table was a bit outdated.
>>
>> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
>> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
>>
>> 5.10 is new in 2020.
>> 5.15 is new in 2021.
>>
>> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
>>
>> Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
>> multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
>> be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
>> Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
>
> Applied, thanks.
>
> jon
Hi jon,
I noticed extraneous Rule: tag (as carried from kernel test robot [1])
in the applied patch:
commit 394df0afde11fa77c27e671ea91f74cb6440f86e
Author: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Oct 14 10:10:40 2022 -0700
Documentation: process: replace outdated LTS table w/ link
The existing table was a bit outdated.
3.16 was EOL in 2020.
4.4 was EOL in 2022.
5.10 is new in 2020.
5.15 is new in 2021.
We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Rule: 'Cc: [email protected]' or 'commit <sha1> upstream.'
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20221014171040.849726-1-ndesaulniers%40google.com
Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
The tag doesn't have any purposes, so please drop it.
Thanks.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/Y0y8IqEr0SIxHNvl@cbc4ca7ce717/
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