linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel

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Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:54 -0400
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Am??rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27 will be a longtime supported kernel

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 03:37:05PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> If the question is why it isn't .26 or .28:
> 
> I'm checking whether my computer works fine with a kernel, and also 
> very slightly what distributions might use a kernel, but in the end
> it's pretty random.

So any distributions using .27 by the looks of it?  It looks like Debian
is going with .26 for the 5.0 release, so if nothing else they will have
to be maintaining that one for quite a while.  I suppose having someone
maintain .27 makes sense in that case.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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