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Re: Kernel version for stretch



On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 03:34:16PM +0100, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> I would need to confirm that, but AFAICS the non-LTS kernels after 3.11 are
> all maintained for two years (since they are now made available at "hardware
> enablement kernels" for the Ubuntu LTS releases.

Non-LTS kernels can be quite short. [1] visualizes that. For instance
once the new LTS and the HWE got backported to the old LTS, all
intermediate ones (except base + new LTS) are dropped pretty much
instantly. You are also expected to migrate HWEs in the meantime
when new ones are made available.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Ubuntu+Kernel+Release+Schedule.png


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