Re: Reg the next LTS kernel (6.1?)

From: Kaiwan N Billimoria
Date: Mon Dec 19 2022 - 20:49:13 EST


On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 10:11 PM Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 07:14:14PM +0530, Kaiwan N Billimoria wrote:
> > :-) Got it.
> > Taking your point into account, I'll rephrase: as the _convention_ is
> > to mark the last release in the year as LTS, is there any visibility
> > on when, or if, it comes about?
>
> What Greg tried to explain to you is that the convention is to pick a
> sufficiently well tested kernel to make sure its maintenance will not
> become a huge burden, and that it cannot be a single-person effort,
> testers are needed during that period. As such companies and/or users
> engaging in investing some resources for testing are extremely
> important and if some have a good reason to prefer investing that time
> on a different kernel, their choice will count more than just a kind
> request on the mailing list. Now you know how to make your voice count
> if you want/need 6.1 to become LTS.
>
Willy, Greg K-H, thanks for your guidance,
Kaiwan.
> Regards,
> Willy