Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753906AbYJNRNS (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:13:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751699AbYJNRNJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:13:09 -0400 Received: from zcars04f.nortel.com ([47.129.242.57]:53345 "EHLO zcars04f.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751309AbYJNRNI (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:13:08 -0400 Message-ID: <48F4D311.20500@nortel.com> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:12:49 -0600 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 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 References: <20081011210340.GA11198@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> In-Reply-To: <20081011210340.GA11198@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Oct 2008 17:12:53.0235 (UTC) FILETIME=[17F23430:01C92E20] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 643 Lines: 18 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. Consider this another "thank you" for the work that you and also the -stable team are doing. For various reasons (long release cycles, long-term support contracts, etc.) the release-early/often model can be difficult. These periodic longer-term kernels are very useful. Chris -- 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/