From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.stusta.mhn.de (mail.stusta.mhn.de [141.84.69.5]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71BB7F696 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.stusta.mhn.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 47BbXf3kScz4c; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:13:54 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=stusta.de; s=default; t=1573488835; bh=iNKKShZECofm9Pjj2T+fAtS76N8/F+RRjZ3d1i3pJVQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=M1hqKurUsaH2fA/Abjdo3XDuMzUJhafSjXNP2GV5juWEo7cKLJY4phRm4rp4MASfm Sbp0hiMYwp/Q+Z6WrX70XhXi7LgaXE8HqZsBSDq2l+nfuRp3Dq9x38w3V6amupa1Rm GLKUCbstGz/3XLMsrAHKmL1o1vqqRiy+MiijthBFslNIUEdjzYTeZf3V5FLTTFvH6j wxdNPiBTfKwm/eGbYsDBX1GEb5Ep+UdWZYOdrLPsP0tUQnNNzacSef2Rjc/fo8Cezf gEGWKZmtRJfSIIjF6U3OSHIJ3JlAewgcnrGIit/Jkh4YNtdK+dn2zn/wyfKNcNKG0I iEi+by+K7IQUMyiW0lbSDTxqESnvbrKv7u76waqBKgynFxI8P15hrC1Cx95y609Vrm xjYxqc7lGBLumg0d6Xp6Mj/Havu3XN6iXXjIAhlh0GeSYQ5F2/VAXKjJeExoN3KXSp jN0lkzJbRiQEpQuBnEIbgPSVUQKqaCP5bMMtwQbYW2nJdP69Nhtr8lvSsnKwxf3Oxf 9tQ2/QujleF3hEzQjl7WbAVXX2ZJ/1y+n0Xk7GhBFFC0cmO5JUNRCuVxa6TnWeSF3D XatKHz9Gbsoqn0L0PhXzShyAu7TPu+zkhgYDnVkIXQvAQSddBS1Y0C7cOpHhPCkocZ YajCJctoO0l0bQwwHrAP30Ds= Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:13:52 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Khem Raj Message-ID: <20191111161352.GG28797@localhost> References: <717e1439a3c155fc1f506d7a2933b968ee38f9a8.camel@linuxfoundation.org> <20191111104209.GB28797@localhost> <63e30a3a07cd78e89c54637ad9893e8a1aec9f84.camel@linuxfoundation.org> <20191111141416.GF28797@localhost> <455f1e8afcbfac40259ee8942d1a67ca5ce23264.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <455f1e8afcbfac40259ee8942d1a67ca5ce23264.camel@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC CFH][sumo 00/47] CVE check backport X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:13:57 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 07:54:34AM -0800, Khem Raj wrote: > On Mon, 2019-11-11 at 16:14 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 01:12:47PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: >... > > > As I've said in a few places, the TSC really needs to figure this > > > out > > > and its complicated by the LTS discussions. Those discussions are > > > happening but aren't simple. > > > > Past releases and future releases might be separate topics. > > > > Please keep in mind that many people already have to support products > > on existing stable branches, working under the assumption that > > patches > > submitted by the community will be accepted. > > > > Closing future non-LTS branches early might be OK if this is part of > > a > > clearly communicated EOL schedule for future LTS and non-LTS > > releases, > > like it is clear when Ubuntu releases will be released and for how > > long > > they are supported. > > > > But this visibility on upstream support is needed before deciding on > > a Yocto release for a product. Future LTS releases are irrelevant > > for > > existing products that cannot move to a different stable branch. > > current and prior two releases are actively maintained. "master and the latest 2 stable branches" (AFAIK thud is no longer actively maintained) > So that should > have been the consideration when selecting a release for production in > past. see > > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_branch_maintenance Which also says "but well-tested patches may still be accepted for them". The question is exactly how the patch acceptance for the community maintained stable branches works for people who are maintaining products on these older branches. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed