From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40170 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751663AbeD1Ef6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:35:58 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 06:35:47 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux@roeck-us.net, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.18 00/24] 3.18.107-stable review Message-ID: <20180428043547.GA27835@kroah.com> References: <20180427135631.584839868@linuxfoundation.org> <20180427194128.GK5965@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180427194128.GK5965@thunk.org> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 03:41:28PM -0400, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 03:57:35PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.18.107 release. > > The kernel.org page currently lists 3.18 as EOL. I assume we released > an update for Spectre/Meltdown after we declared it end of life, but I > was surprised to see that there was going to be a 3.18.107. There are no patches for Spectre/Meltdown in the 3.18.y kernel tree that I know of. > Should we change how 3.18 is listed on kernel.org? Or should we just > keep peeople wondering whether will be updates after 3.18.107? :-) Keep people wondering. As I have stated before, I'm keeping it alive as there are still a few tens of millions of devices out there using this kernel, including one of my personal phones. I might get tired of keeping it semi-up-to-date and then will stop releasing updates, and reserve the right to do so at any point in time :) thanks, greg k-h