Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759378AbYJML1a (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:27:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756430AbYJML1W (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:27:22 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.24]:36319 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756270AbYJML1V (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:27:21 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=Xr2eqcTbUGnGiGdAcwtrYKU8SKXEK8wDJXXgLoVuJZKdf1g+0h9LBs56NXvid/HXN+ +nZsIoK3EjPrBl7ynpZai+i5EPJQ6csE4CKLw6PXX23qjHIRsYeXGSI2m9rNOBo/XzbS CfQ6YMiv4QwURsFAP7L9/bPT9lasTNHtd7jdY= Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:27:01 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Am=C3=A9rico?= Wang To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel Message-ID: <20081013112701.GA12706@hack.voiplan.pt> References: <20081011210340.GA11198@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081011210340.GA11198@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1273 Lines: 33 On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:03:40AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: >2.6.16 has become a bit dated, and I'll maintain 2.6.27 for a few years >as a replacement. > >As with 2.6.16, I'll pickup maintainance when the normal -stable >maintainance ends (at some point after 2.6.28 gets released in January). > >It is intended to fill the niche for users who are not using >distribution kernels but want to use a regression-free kernel for a >longer time. It might be a small part of the userbase, but after the >experiences with 2.6.16 I can say that there are quite a few users >who appreciate such an offering. > >As people might have noted I wasn't able to do much kernel stuff >recently, and 2.6.16 also suffered from this. I'll bring 2.6.16 back >into shape and keep it maintained until at least mid-2009. Thanks for your work. I am just wondering why you only selected .16 and .27, not others? Are there some specical reasons why you did this? Thank you. -- "Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy." -- 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/