Re: question about the kernel
Hi.
On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 12:45:39PM +0000, davidson wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2018, Reco wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:15:42AM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> > > Am I right in thinking that the kernel is a single codebase agreed between
> > > all the kernel developers at any particular date
> >
> > No. As [1] shows us, there's a mainline branch (aka to-be-released
> > kernel), stable branch (aka released kernel) and longterm support
> > branches.
>
> For the record, I looked for the referent of "[1]", but couldn't find
> any pointer in Reco's message or OP's.
>
> So I made a wild guess and went to
>
> https://www.kernel.org/
I missed that link indeed. Thank you.
> There I saw the list of downloads on the front page:
>
> | mainline: 4.18-rc8 | stable: 4.17.14 | longterm: 4.14.62 |
> longterm: 4.9.119 | longterm: 4.4.147 | longterm: 3.18.118 [EOL] |
> longterm: 3.16.57 | linux-next: next-20180809
>
> I'm going update my CV now: "Accomplished mind reader"
:)
Reco
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