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We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022. Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases. Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks (Microsoft) Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya --- Changes v1 -> v2: * Rather than update table, use a link as per Tyler and Bagas. * Carry forward GKH's SB tag. Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 15 ++++----------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) base-commit: 9c9155a3509a2ebdb06d77c7a621e9685c802eac diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst index e05fb1b8f8b6..6a919cffcbfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst @@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release. Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support -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 - ====== ================================ ======================= +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active +long term kernel versions and their maintainers: + + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There