linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: update kernel versions and dates in tables

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Message-ID: <20180704130113.668ed146@lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 13:01:13 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@...y.com>
Cc:     Tim Bird <tbird20d@...il.com>, <tim.bird@...y.com>,
        <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: update kernel versions and dates in tables

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 08:10:30 +0200
peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@...y.com> wrote:

> > +	======  ======================  ==============================
> > +	3.16	Ben Hutchings		(very long-term stable kernel)
> > +	4.1	Sasha Levin
> > +	4.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman	(very long-term stable kernel)
> > +	4.9	Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > +	4.14	Greg Kroah-Hartman
> >  	======  ======================  ===========================  
> 
> Is  4.14 not very long-term stable kernel ?

Nobody has, at this time, agreed to maintain 4.14 for any longer than the
usual two-year LTS period.  Such things are always subject to change, of
course, but until such a change happens you can't count on it.

jon