linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.10.108 (EOL)

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:18:44 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@...wrt.com>
Cc:     Harsh Shandilya <msfjarvis@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 3.10.108 (EOL)

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:00:46PM +0100, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> Am 05.11.2017 um 08:46 schrieb Willy Tarreau:
> > On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 06:59:48AM +0000, Harsh Shandilya wrote:
> > > Is this not pushed yet? I only see 3.10.107
> > Now it is there. Please avoid to rely on it for too long and quickly
> > upgrade to 4.4 or any other maintained version that suits your needs.
> > 
> > Willy
> > 
> even if EOL has to come once for sure, its the last kernel which can be used
> on certain devices (embedded) since the kernel is growing bigger and bigger
> and wont run good anymore with limited resource

It's not totally true, each new kernel also provides options to disable
certain parts that are not used by everyone (syscalls, subsystems, etc).

And anyway the end of life has been indicated on kernel.org for 18 months
and in every announce in 2017, so it cannot be a surprize anymore :-) At
least nobody seemed to complain for all this time!

Cheers,
Willy