linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/207] 6.1.4-rc1 review

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Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2023 07:58:45 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        jonathanh@...dia.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, srw@...dewatkins.net, rwarsow@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/207] 6.1.4-rc1 review

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 08:34:08PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.4 release.
> > There are 207 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Is it known at this point if 6.1 will became next longterm release? It
> is not listed as such on https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
> . We might want to do some extra testing if it is.

A kernel can not become "long term" until it would have normally dropped
off of support.  Right now there are known-regressions in 6.1 still that
are not resolved.

And "extra" testing is always good no matter what kernel branch it is
happening for, why not always do it?

thanks,

greg k-h