* Latest kernel stable/longterm status
@ 2012-01-10 0:37 Greg KH
2012-01-10 2:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2012-01-11 12:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
0 siblings, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2012-01-10 0:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: stable
As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the
different stable/longterm kernel trees.
First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to
have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple:
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
marking in the Signed-off-by: area. Once the patch hits Linus's tree, I
will automatically be notified of it and it will be applied if possible.
If it does not applied, you will be notified of that.
Note that the address is stable@vger.kernel.org, not the older address
that used to be used before October of 2011.
At this time, all stable and longterm kernel trees are being maintained
in one big git tree, located at:
git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
There are different branches for every different major kernel version.
Here's the different active kernel versions that I am maintaining at the moment:
3.2.y - this will be maintained until 3.3 comes out
3.1.y - there will be only one, maybe two, more releases of this tree
3.0.y - this is the new "longterm" kernel release, it will be
maintained for 2 years at the minimum by me.
2.6.32.y - this is the previous "longterm" kernel release. It is
approaching it's end-of-life, and I think I only have
another month or so doing releases of this. After I am
finished with it, it might be picked up by someone else, but
I'm not going to promise anything.
All other longterm kernels are being maintained in various forms
(usually quite sporadically, if at all), by other people, and I can not
speak for their lifetime at all, that is up to those individuals.
If anyone has any questions about any of this, please let me know.
thanks,
greg k-h
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-10 0:37 Latest kernel stable/longterm status Greg KH @ 2012-01-10 2:26 ` Steven Rostedt 2012-01-10 10:03 ` Tim Gardner 2012-01-11 12:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Steven Rostedt @ 2012-01-10 2:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: linux-kernel, stable On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:37:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the > different stable/longterm kernel trees. Thanks for all your hard work Greg! > Here's the different active kernel versions that I am maintaining at the moment: > > 3.2.y - this will be maintained until 3.3 comes out > 3.1.y - there will be only one, maybe two, more releases of this tree > 3.0.y - this is the new "longterm" kernel release, it will be > maintained for 2 years at the minimum by me. I will also point out, that I plan on maintaining the 3.0.y-rtx release for just as long. -- Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-10 2:26 ` Steven Rostedt @ 2012-01-10 10:03 ` Tim Gardner 2012-01-10 23:56 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Tim Gardner @ 2012-01-10 10:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: stable; +Cc: Steven Rostedt, Greg KH, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On 01/10/2012 03:26 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:37:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: >> As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the >> different stable/longterm kernel trees. > > Thanks for all your hard work Greg! > I'd also like to thank Greg. Ubuntu will continue to support 2.6.32.y until April 2015. Ubuntu has also chosen 3.2 as a long term supported kernel for the 12.04 release and will pick up support for it when 3.3 is released. Debian is still discussing which kernel to use for Wheezy, but Ben Hutchings has expressed strong interest in 3.2 on debian-kernel@lists.debian.org. rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-10 10:03 ` Tim Gardner @ 2012-01-10 23:56 ` Greg KH 2012-01-11 1:38 ` Anca Emanuel 2012-01-11 10:10 ` Tim Gardner 0 siblings, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2012-01-10 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tim.gardner; +Cc: stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:03:33AM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > On 01/10/2012 03:26 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > >On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:37:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > >>As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the > >>different stable/longterm kernel trees. > > > >Thanks for all your hard work Greg! > > > > I'd also like to thank Greg. > > Ubuntu will continue to support 2.6.32.y until April 2015. Ubuntu > has also chosen 3.2 as a long term supported kernel for the 12.04 > release and will pick up support for it when 3.3 is released. What exactly do you mean by this? greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-10 23:56 ` Greg KH @ 2012-01-11 1:38 ` Anca Emanuel 2012-01-11 10:10 ` Tim Gardner 1 sibling, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Anca Emanuel @ 2012-01-11 1:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: tim.gardner, stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings >> Ubuntu will continue to support 2.6.32.y until April 2015. Ubuntu >> has also chosen 3.2 as a long term supported kernel for the 12.04 >> release and will pick up support for it when 3.3 is released. Do you think you can do it for 5 years ? why not moving forward with 3.3 then 3.4 ? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-10 23:56 ` Greg KH 2012-01-11 1:38 ` Anca Emanuel @ 2012-01-11 10:10 ` Tim Gardner 2012-01-11 15:12 ` Greg KH 1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Tim Gardner @ 2012-01-11 10:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On 01/11/2012 12:56 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:03:33AM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: >> On 01/10/2012 03:26 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:37:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: >>>> As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the >>>> different stable/longterm kernel trees. >>> >>> Thanks for all your hard work Greg! >>> >> >> I'd also like to thank Greg. >> >> Ubuntu will continue to support 2.6.32.y until April 2015. Ubuntu >> has also chosen 3.2 as a long term supported kernel for the 12.04 >> release and will pick up support for it when 3.3 is released. > > What exactly do you mean by this? > > greg k-h If you're agreeable, I would very much prefer to continue with the stable update model that you've developed by committing to the linux-2.6.32.y and linux-3.2.y branches in git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git. The mailing list review process as well as the policies regarding patch suitability are working well. rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-11 10:10 ` Tim Gardner @ 2012-01-11 15:12 ` Greg KH 2012-01-11 20:37 ` Tim Gardner 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2012-01-11 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tim.gardner; +Cc: stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:10:14AM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > On 01/11/2012 12:56 AM, Greg KH wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:03:33AM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > >>On 01/10/2012 03:26 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > >>>On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:37:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > >>>>As 3.2 is now out, here's a note as to the current status of the > >>>>different stable/longterm kernel trees. > >>> > >>>Thanks for all your hard work Greg! > >>> > >> > >>I'd also like to thank Greg. > >> > >>Ubuntu will continue to support 2.6.32.y until April 2015. Ubuntu > >>has also chosen 3.2 as a long term supported kernel for the 12.04 > >>release and will pick up support for it when 3.3 is released. > > > >What exactly do you mean by this? > > > >greg k-h > > If you're agreeable, I would very much prefer to continue with the > stable update model that you've developed by committing to the > linux-2.6.32.y and linux-3.2.y branches in git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git. > The mailing list review process as well as the policies regarding > patch suitability are working well. As I previously stated, in this email, I already have someone lined up to maintain 2.6.32 after I am done with it, but I'm sure that person would love it if you would send any needed patches to stable@vger.kernel.org to help them out. greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-11 15:12 ` Greg KH @ 2012-01-11 20:37 ` Tim Gardner 2012-01-11 20:52 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Tim Gardner @ 2012-01-11 20:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On 01/11/2012 04:12 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > As I previously stated, in this email, I already have someone lined up > to maintain 2.6.32 after I am done with it, but I'm sure that person > would love it if you would send any needed patches to > stable@vger.kernel.org to help them out. > > greg k-h I'm happy to work with whomever. Your original email with "it might be picked up by someone else, but I'm not going to promise anything" didn't seem that definite. rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-11 20:37 ` Tim Gardner @ 2012-01-11 20:52 ` Greg KH 2012-01-21 13:36 ` Willy Tarreau 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2012-01-11 20:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tim.gardner; +Cc: stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 09:37:07PM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > On 01/11/2012 04:12 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > > >As I previously stated, in this email, I already have someone lined up > >to maintain 2.6.32 after I am done with it, but I'm sure that person > >would love it if you would send any needed patches to > >stable@vger.kernel.org to help them out. > > > >greg k-h > > I'm happy to work with whomever. Your original email with "it might > be picked up by someone else, but I'm not going to promise anything" > didn't seem that definite. Sorry, I didn't want to put words in the mouth of someone else, but given that Willy has done a great job with 2.4 and 2.6.16, I'm pretty sure he will continue to do well with 2.6.32. thanks, greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-11 20:52 ` Greg KH @ 2012-01-21 13:36 ` Willy Tarreau 2012-01-21 13:47 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Willy Tarreau @ 2012-01-21 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: tim.gardner, stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings Hi Greg, On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:52:12PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 09:37:07PM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > > On 01/11/2012 04:12 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > >As I previously stated, in this email, I already have someone lined up > > >to maintain 2.6.32 after I am done with it, but I'm sure that person > > >would love it if you would send any needed patches to > > >stable@vger.kernel.org to help them out. > > > > > >greg k-h > > > > I'm happy to work with whomever. Your original email with "it might > > be picked up by someone else, but I'm not going to promise anything" > > didn't seem that definite. > > Sorry, I didn't want to put words in the mouth of someone else, but > given that Willy has done a great job with 2.4 and 2.6.16, I'm pretty > sure he will continue to do well with 2.6.32. Thanks for the nice comment :-) Please note that I did not work on 2.6.16, Adrian did, I only worked on .20 and .27. Yes I'm still interested in taking over 2.6.32 when you give it up. I must admit I've got quite silent last months, slowly trying to find time to backport 2.6.32 fixes into .27, and still a bit afraid by the added complexity of the new publication model. Time will tell. This weel-end I hope to be able to produce 2.6.27.60-rc1. What is very important to me is that I want people to complain if they find that I'm too slow, as I don't want to degrade the quality of the stable series by taking a position someone would take better. Thanks, Willy ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-21 13:36 ` Willy Tarreau @ 2012-01-21 13:47 ` Greg KH 2012-01-21 14:45 ` Willy Tarreau 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2012-01-21 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Willy Tarreau Cc: tim.gardner, stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 02:36:20PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:52:12PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 09:37:07PM +0100, Tim Gardner wrote: > > > On 01/11/2012 04:12 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > > >As I previously stated, in this email, I already have someone lined up > > > >to maintain 2.6.32 after I am done with it, but I'm sure that person > > > >would love it if you would send any needed patches to > > > >stable@vger.kernel.org to help them out. > > > > > > > >greg k-h > > > > > > I'm happy to work with whomever. Your original email with "it might > > > be picked up by someone else, but I'm not going to promise anything" > > > didn't seem that definite. > > > > Sorry, I didn't want to put words in the mouth of someone else, but > > given that Willy has done a great job with 2.4 and 2.6.16, I'm pretty > > sure he will continue to do well with 2.6.32. > > Thanks for the nice comment :-) Please note that I did not work on > 2.6.16, Adrian did, I only worked on .20 and .27. Ah, you are right, sorry about that, too many different trees :) But also note that Adrian didn't really follow the "stable rules", so I don't count that as proper maintaining of that tree. > Yes I'm still interested in taking over 2.6.32 when you give it up. I > must admit I've got quite silent last months, slowly trying to find time > to backport 2.6.32 fixes into .27, and still a bit afraid by the added > complexity of the new publication model. Time will tell. This weel-end > I hope to be able to produce 2.6.27.60-rc1. > > What is very important to me is that I want people to complain if they > find that I'm too slow, as I don't want to degrade the quality of the > stable series by taking a position someone would take better. I don't think you will do a bad job at all, You'll do fine, if you need any help, feel free to ask. thanks, greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-21 13:47 ` Greg KH @ 2012-01-21 14:45 ` Willy Tarreau 0 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Willy Tarreau @ 2012-01-21 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: tim.gardner, stable, Steven Rostedt, linux-kernel, Ben Hutchings On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 08:47:06AM -0500, Greg KH wrote: > > Yes I'm still interested in taking over 2.6.32 when you give it up. I > > must admit I've got quite silent last months, slowly trying to find time > > to backport 2.6.32 fixes into .27, and still a bit afraid by the added > > complexity of the new publication model. Time will tell. This weel-end > > I hope to be able to produce 2.6.27.60-rc1. > > > > What is very important to me is that I want people to complain if they > > find that I'm too slow, as I don't want to degrade the quality of the > > stable series by taking a position someone would take better. > > I don't think you will do a bad job at all, You'll do fine, if you need > any help, feel free to ask. Yeah, I know you're always there to help me when I need, this is what keeps me going :-) Cheers, Willy ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-10 0:37 Latest kernel stable/longterm status Greg KH 2012-01-10 2:26 ` Steven Rostedt @ 2012-01-11 12:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2012-01-11 12:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2012-01-11 12:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: linux-kernel, stable On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:37, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to > have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple: > Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> > marking in the Signed-off-by: area. Once the patch hits Linus's tree, I > will automatically be notified of it and it will be applied if possible. > If it does not applied, you will be notified of that. How do you want us to specify to which versions it should be applied? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-11 12:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2012-01-11 12:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2012-01-11 15:13 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2012-01-11 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Greg KH; +Cc: linux-kernel, stable On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 13:32, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:37, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: >> First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to >> have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple: >> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> >> marking in the Signed-off-by: area. Once the patch hits Linus's tree, I >> will automatically be notified of it and it will be applied if possible. >> If it does not applied, you will be notified of that. > > How do you want us to specify to which versions it should be applied? Cc: v3.2, v3.1, ... <stable@vger.kernel.org> ? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status 2012-01-11 12:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2012-01-11 15:13 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2012-01-11 15:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Geert Uytterhoeven; +Cc: linux-kernel, stable On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 01:42:08PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 13:32, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:37, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > >> First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to > >> have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple: > >> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> > >> marking in the Signed-off-by: area. Once the patch hits Linus's tree, I > >> will automatically be notified of it and it will be applied if possible. > >> If it does not applied, you will be notified of that. > > > > How do you want us to specify to which versions it should be applied? > > Cc: v3.2, v3.1, ... <stable@vger.kernel.org> That can work, or if you read Documenation/stable_kernel_rules.txt you can see some other ways to nicely do this :) thanks, greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
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