Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754758AbYBLVt7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:49:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751205AbYBLVtu (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:49:50 -0500 Received: from hu-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.214.239]:36270 "EHLO hu-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752114AbYBLVtt (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:49:49 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=w/JkKXqMQWc8wAtM22hz6at3aQbGkfgxZvejYYfDlbLf0jSZ4hwiqtBdYu8g0ucJ7EhiR9kfSOfqSw/6flCi3I1LpqvsaIK6OkooCVWlLez9DnSBlV9s0dA5CU0ed+y8+28YJs6+yaZyyy3o2tndB3ioZeqjpBG7yxd3DtMdRCs= Message-ID: <6101e8c40802121349r4477ec95lbfb15a10cb75d5e4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:49:47 +0100 From: "Oliver Pinter" To: "Mike Snitzer" , "Willy Tarreau" Subject: Re: currently active Linux kernel versions Cc: "Ferenc Wagner" , "Xavier Bestel" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <170fa0d20802121337t35787cbby52286f5a08ea2e15@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <87skzx53a9.fsf@szonett.ki.iif.hu> <1202850783.6697.0.camel@bip.parateam.prv> <87wsp9q3ev.fsf@szonett.ki.iif.hu> <170fa0d20802121337t35787cbby52286f5a08ea2e15@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2004 Lines: 48 When Willy go in 2.6.22.y, then I help it, so far as I 'm possible. On 2/12/08, Mike Snitzer wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 4:18 PM, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > > Xavier Bestel 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... > > 2.6.16.x is still maintained (2.6.16.60 was recently released). > > 2.6.22.x is still maintained but Greg KH is apparently going to be > ending his duties on it after the next release or so. There is some > confusion as to whether Willy Tarreau will be taking on the 2.6.22.x > tree once Greg is done, Willy?: > http://lwn.net/Articles/268003/ > http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Stable_2.6_Branches > > 2.6.23.x and 2.6.24.x are obviously quite active for stable@kernel.org > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Thanks, Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/