Subject: Re: currently active Linux kernel versions
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:25:26 +0100
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On mar, 2008-02-12 at 22:18 +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> writes:
> 
> > On mar, 2008-02-12 at 21:27 +0100, Wagner Ferenc wrote:
> > 
> >> which are the "currently active Linux kernel versions" at any point in
> >> time?  The quote is taken from http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/29.
> >> Or more precisely: which are the "stable" versions I can depend on for
> >> a more or less critical server, those that have active security
> >> support or receive at least critical bugfixes?  I know about the
> >> 2.6.2[34].y stable git trees, but I wonder how long will those receive
> >> attention (that is, security fixes).  Can I find a written policy
> >> somewhere?
> >
> > The answer is at http://kernel.org/
> 
> Not quite, at least I can't find 2.6.23.y there, even though that
> branch seems to be maintained...

Ah yes, sorry.
Maybe you should monitor ftp://ftp.eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
then.

	Xav


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