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Documentation: process: update the list of current LTS

Message ID 20221013183414.667316-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
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Series Documentation: process: update the list of current LTS |

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Nick Desaulniers Oct. 13, 2022, 6:34 p.m. UTC 
  3.16 was EOL in 2020.
4.4 was EOL in 2022.

5.10 is new in 2020.
5.15 is new in 2021.

We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/514c425e2b4dca71a11b0c669746d3122f7039a5.camel@decadent.org.uk/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/1643877137240249@kroah.com/
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
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 Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Bagas Sanjaya Oct. 14, 2022, 2:24 a.m. UTC | #1 
On 10/14/22 01:34, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> 
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
> 
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> 

I think the table should be keep updated whenever new LTS is announced
and oldest LTS become EOL, to be on par with kernel.org homepage.
Greg KH Oct. 14, 2022, 7:08 a.m. UTC | #2 
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 09:24:11AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On 10/14/22 01:34, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> > 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> > 
> > 5.10 is new in 2020.
> > 5.15 is new in 2021.
> > 
> > We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> > 
> 
> I think the table should be keep updated whenever new LTS is announced
> and oldest LTS become EOL, to be on par with kernel.org homepage.

Yeah, I didn't even realize this was in the kernel tree, I've just been
keeping kernel.org up to date.

thanks,

greg k-h
Greg KH Oct. 14, 2022, 7:08 a.m. UTC | #3 
On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 11:34:14AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> 
> 5.10 is new in 2020.
> 5.15 is new in 2021.
> 
> We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/514c425e2b4dca71a11b0c669746d3122f7039a5.camel@decadent.org.uk/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/1643877137240249@kroah.com/
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> index e05fb1b8f8b6..9ae64376a8d4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
> @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ for a longer period.  As of this writing, the current long term kernels
>  and their maintainers are:
>  
>  	======  ================================	=======================
> -	3.16	Ben Hutchings				(very long-term kernel)
> -	4.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin	(very long-term kernel)
>  	4.9	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	4.14	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	4.19	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	5.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> +	5.10	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
> +	5.15	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
>  	======  ================================	=======================
>  
>  The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a


Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tyler Hicks Oct. 14, 2022, 4:34 p.m. UTC | #4 
On 2022-10-14 09:08:10, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 09:24:11AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > On 10/14/22 01:34, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> > > 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> > > 
> > > 5.10 is new in 2020.
> > > 5.15 is new in 2021.
> > > 
> > > We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> > > 
> > 
> > I think the table should be keep updated whenever new LTS is announced
> > and oldest LTS become EOL, to be on par with kernel.org homepage.
> 
> Yeah, I didn't even realize this was in the kernel tree, I've just been
> keeping kernel.org up to date.

How about simply replacing this table with a pointer to
https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html so that you don't have to
remember to update tables in two different places? It also has the
benefit that the documentation is never stale (missing new LTS
releases), even when someone is reading the documentation from an older
kernel release.

Tyler

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
Greg KH Oct. 14, 2022, 4:46 p.m. UTC | #5 
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 11:34:26AM -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> On 2022-10-14 09:08:10, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 09:24:11AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > On 10/14/22 01:34, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > 3.16 was EOL in 2020.
> > > > 4.4 was EOL in 2022.
> > > > 
> > > > 5.10 is new in 2020.
> > > > 5.15 is new in 2021.
> > > > 
> > > > We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I think the table should be keep updated whenever new LTS is announced
> > > and oldest LTS become EOL, to be on par with kernel.org homepage.
> > 
> > Yeah, I didn't even realize this was in the kernel tree, I've just been
> > keeping kernel.org up to date.
> 
> How about simply replacing this table with a pointer to
> https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html so that you don't have to
> remember to update tables in two different places? It also has the
> benefit that the documentation is never stale (missing new LTS
> releases), even when someone is reading the documentation from an older
> kernel release.

Sure, that makes more sense!

greg k-h
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
index e05fb1b8f8b6..9ae64376a8d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@  for a longer period.  As of this writing, the current long term kernels
 and their maintainers are:
 
 	======  ================================	=======================
-	3.16	Ben Hutchings				(very long-term kernel)
-	4.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin	(very long-term kernel)
 	4.9	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
 	4.14	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
 	4.19	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
 	5.4	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
+	5.10	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
+	5.15	Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin
 	======  ================================	=======================
 
 The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a