Re: Status of 3.10 series

[Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 03:06:25PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:57:37AM -0700, tmhikaru@gmail.com wrote:
> > 	Hi there, I'm not sure if I'm emailing the correct address to ask
> > this question, but when I tried emailing Greg KH directly, I was replied to
> > by a bot saying the message had been discarded and one of its suggestions
> > was to email this address, which it claims is the -stable mailing list.  I
> > did not know that this existed before now, so please notify me if I'm asking
> > this question in the wrong place.
> 
> It's the correct place.
> 
> > 	In any case, I've heard rumors about work ending this month on the
> > 3.10 -stable series, though I've seen and heard no evidence of such other
> > than Greg KH's declaration in september of 2013 that he'd maintain it for at
> > least two years.  It would not be a difficult thing for me to switch to a
> > newer kernel series if I need to, so I'd like to know wether there is any
> > fact to this rumor or not.
> 
> Yes, I will be stopping 3.10 soon, and yes, you should be planning to
> move to a newer kernel right now, you should have started planning 6
> months ago, if not earlier.  What is keeping you from moving to 4.1
> today?

Or even 3.14 if he needs something moving slower. FWIW, we're currently
in the process of switching our products from 3.10 to 3.14 and the
transition has been very smooth.

Willy