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Message-ID: <70a859bc-a33b-79f5-6f44-5cccfb394749@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:06:51 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: process: replace outdated LTS table w/
 link

On 10/15/22 00:10, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> The existing table was a bit outdated.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
> multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
> be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.
> 
> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>
> Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Should this patch be backported to all stable releases? I see Cc: stable
on message header, but not in the patch trailer.

>  Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support
> -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
> -	======  ================================	=======================
> +for a longer period.  Please refer to the following link for the list of active
> +long term kernel versions and their maintainers:
> +
> +	https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
>  

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>

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