On Fri, 2014-07-18 at 17:43 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]
> So we have a choice between:
>
> Linux 3.14-stable
> - Supported by Greg for about 2 years after release (March 2014)
> - As an official kernel.org branch, it is likely to get some more
> testing and review, and more backports from upstream maintainers
>
> Linux 3.16-stable
> - Supported by Ubuntu kernel team for about 15-18 months after distro
> release (October 2014)
> - Will support more current hardware and need fewer driver backports
>
> Both of these will be supported until about the same time that wheezy
> reaches EOL, which is when I intend to stop maintaining 3.2-stable. At
> that point, I would be prepared to take over maintainership of either of
> the newer branches.
>
> There's not an obvious winner out of these two options, but we should
> choose fairly soon. Please speak up with arguments either way.
Based on the replies to this, I think 3.16 is now the clear winner.
To avoid disruption to the installer, I think we should keep 3.14 in
unstable until the next installer alpha/beta is out, and then move
straight to 3.16.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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