linux-kernel - Re: Future of the -longterm kernel releases (i.e. how we pick them).

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Message-ID: <4E48C88E.5020004@web.de>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:19:42 +0200
From:	Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable@...ux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Future of the -longterm kernel releases (i.e. how we pick them).

Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote, on 08/15/11 08:48:
> Greg KH wrote, on 08/15/11 06:15:
> <snip>
>>
>> - a new -longterm kernel is picked every year.
>> - a -longterm kernel is maintained for 2 years and then dropped.
> <snip>
> 
> Just a little nitpick: with this scheme you will accumulate longterm kernels. If
> I understand it right, one longterm kernel is added every year.

Correction: this should read "one longterm kernel is added every two years".
-- 
Best regards,
Jörg-Volker.



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