linux-kernel - Re: Reg the next LTS kernel (6.1?)

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Date:   Fri, 7 Oct 2022 17:36:00 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Carl Dasantas <dasantas2020@...il.com>
Cc:     kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reg the next LTS kernel (6.1?)

On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 11:04:04AM -0400, Carl Dasantas wrote:
> Please reconsidrer using 6.1 as the next LTS.
> 
> 6.0 or 5.19 is much more fitting due to not having Rust support, a
> major  change.

That makes no sense at all given what Rust code will be in 6.1.  Did you
look at it?  What specific functionality does it provide that is going
to be a problem for ANY platform that Linux currently supports?

greg k-h