linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: process: update the list of current LTS

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Message-ID: <Y0kK7WrfFutYcFzZ@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:08:29 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: process: update the list of current LTS

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 11:34:14AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> 
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
> 
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/514c425e2b4dca71a11b0c669746d3122f7039a5.camel@decadent.org.uk/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/1643877137240249@kroah.com/
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> index e05fb1b8f8b6..9ae64376a8d4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ for a longer period.  As of this writing, the current long term kernels
>  and their maintainers are:
>  
>  	======  ================================	=======================
> -	3.16	Ben Hutchings				(very long-term kernel)
> -	4.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin	(very long-term kernel)
>  	4.9	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	4.14	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	4.19	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	5.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> +	5.10	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> +	5.15	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	======  ================================	=======================
>  
>  The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a


Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>