Re: projected EOL v4.4 SLTS

Jan Kiszka
2023-09-26T13:53:43Z

On 22.09.23 16:10, Kadel, Michael wrote:
> Hello cip-dev group,
>
> I do have a question regarding the projected EOL v4.4 SLST.
>
> It is said that the projected EOL v4.4 SLTS is 2027, */possibly 2036./*

Where exactly was it stated that we may do 20 years kernel support? Or
current maintenance commitment is documented here:

https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start#kernel_maintainership

> When can we expect a decision that the v4.4 SLTS is extended to 2036 or not?
>

So far, no one asked us to do such a long support. Are you aware of such
use cases and tell us more about them?

But also note that CIP as project and with its current contributor base
is not growing at a pace that would allow us to extend the kernel
support that long. CIP is not for free, and can only use this chance to
remind our users to contribute to it to ensure that we can continue to
achieve our goals.