From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A424EC4332F for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230243AbiLQQlM (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2022 11:41:12 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45430 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230271AbiLQQlJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2022 11:41:09 -0500 Received: from 1wt.eu (wtarreau.pck.nerim.net [62.212.114.60]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09AE8FF2 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:41:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from willy@localhost) by pcw.home.local (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 2BHGex6N004880; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:40:59 +0100 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:40:59 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Kaiwan N Billimoria Cc: Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Reg the next LTS kernel (6.1?) Message-ID: <20221217164059.GA4724@1wt.eu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 07:14:14PM +0530, Kaiwan N Billimoria wrote: > :-) Got it. > Taking your point into account, I'll rephrase: as the _convention_ is > to mark the last release in the year as LTS, is there any visibility > on when, or if, it comes about? What Greg tried to explain to you is that the convention is to pick a sufficiently well tested kernel to make sure its maintenance will not become a huge burden, and that it cannot be a single-person effort, testers are needed during that period. As such companies and/or users engaging in investing some resources for testing are extremely important and if some have a good reason to prefer investing that time on a different kernel, their choice will count more than just a kind request on the mailing list. Now you know how to make your voice count if you want/need 6.1 to become LTS. Regards, Willy