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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:12:46 +0200
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.10.6-rt3
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On 08/13/2013 02:47 AM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:34:13 +0200
>> Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear RT folks!
>>>
>>> I'm pleased to announce the v3.10.6-rt3 patch set.
>>
>> Does this mean that I can drop 3.6-rt in favor of 3.8-rt?
>
> I'd guess that the trade-off would be 3.0-rt against 3.8-rt.
> The above comment assumes 3.0 is aged out vs. 3.6 kernel.
>
>> I'm just about finished with a 3.6 stable, which I'll finish, add -rt
>> to it, and then call it "unsupported" after that. Well, I may take bug
>> fixes if people find any in the near future.
>>
>> I'm behind on 3.4-rt, 3.2-rt and of course 3.0-rt. Hopefully, I'll get
>> them all out this week.
>
> I expect that the 3.10-rt kernel will replace the older RT kernels.
We should not forget 3.2 that will be maintained until March 2016. Thus, 
let's focus on 3.2 and 3.10 (maintained until August 2015) and abandon 
all other 3.x RT versions.

	-Carsten.