On 10/01/12 02:42, Ben Hutchings wrote: > We need to make a decision soon on whether we will use Linux 3.2 for > wheezy or wait for a later release. Whichever one we choose, we need to > make sure someone (possibly one of us) maintains a longterm branch for > it. I am strongly disinclined to choose a version that puts us on our > own, and therefore I would prefer to use Linux 3.2 along with Ubuntu. > > Ben. > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Latest kernel stable/longterm status > Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:37:05 -0800 > > As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the > different stable/longterm kernel trees. > > First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to > have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple: > Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> > marking in the Signed-off-by: area. Once the patch hits Linus's tree, I > will automatically be notified of it and it will be applied if possible. > If it does not applied, you will be notified of that. > > Note that the address is stable@vger.kernel.org, not the older address > that used to be used before October of 2011. > > At this time, all stable and longterm kernel trees are being maintained > in one big git tree, located at: > git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > There are different branches for every different major kernel version. > > Here's the different active kernel versions that I am maintaining at the moment: > > 3.2.y - this will be maintained until 3.3 comes out The Ubuntu guys would maintain 3.2 up to 2017 [1] > 3.1.y - there will be only one, maybe two, more releases of this tree > 3.0.y - this is the new "longterm" kernel release, it will be > maintained for 2 years at the minimum by me. This means that 3.0.y would be maintained by Greg until 2014 and Debian probably would have to support Wheezy more long than that, because when Wheezy-next becomes stable (2014+) we will have to support wheezy (old-stable) for one year more at least. So in the end the support for Wheezy will end probably in [2015-2016] Meanwhile 3.2 will be maintained until 2017 by the Ubuntu folks (they support LTS releases up to 5 years) > 2.6.32.y - this is the previous "longterm" kernel release. It is > approaching it's end-of-life, and I think I only have > another month or so doing releases of this. After I am > finished with it, it might be picked up by someone else, but > I'm not going to promise anything. > Actually 2.6.32.y will be maintained by Ubuntu until 2015 [1] since they need to keep with it up to that date. (2.6.32 was the kernel for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) > All other longterm kernels are being maintained in various forms > (usually quite sporadically, if at all), by other people, and I can not > speak for their lifetime at all, that is up to those individuals. > > If anyone has any questions about any of this, please let me know. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > So my humble opinion, as user, is that 3.2 seems the best choice. Also, it is a newer kernel than 3.0, and this generally means more features and better support for newer devices. Regards! [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/10/73 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez http://neutrino.es Igalia - Free Software Engineering http://www.igalia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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