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On 3/3/22 15:38, Joe Perches wrote:
> One argument is that churn leads to difficulty in backporting
> fixes to older 'stable' versions.
> 
> I think the churn argument is overstated.

I'm often backporting patches to older kernels and I think the churn argument 
has not been emphasized enough. Backporting patches is a normal aspect of a 
product lifecycle since a kernel version is chosen when development of a 
product starts and bugfixes are cherry-picked from upstream selectively.

Thanks,

Bart.