I am happy with whatever Pat decides to do. I am happy with the 3.8.13 kernel in slackware-current. Everything is working well from my perspective.
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Shortly after renaming 2.5 into 2.6 and declaring it stable, the Linux kernel developers decided against a 2.7 branch to not create a new 2.4-style issue. Since then odd numbers have no special meaning anymore. |
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There is no LTS numbering. As was pointed out earlier already, LTS versions only appear if someone steps up to maintain them. GKH is not willing to support more than two LTS versions (understandable, I would think), which are currently 3.0 and 3.4, IIRC. So if he decides to let 3.0 go then we will (probably) get a new LTS, or if a different person steps up for the task. release schedules or version numbers are not involved at all in deciding which kernel gets LTS status.
My two cent: Keep the 3.8 kernel, as 13.37 has kept 2.6.37. For people that need newer kernels there is already a config for 3.9 in /testing, for people that want a LTS kernel there is a 3.4 config in /testing. As a Slackware user one should be knowledgeable enough to decide which one to use. |
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If there are no kernel updates to the stable tree after it's released I don't see the big deal of shipping a kernel that isn't LTS. If you have to compile updates yourself you can just as well jump to a different kernel branch.
I think it's a good idea to stick with 3.8 if it's well tested in -current. |
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I think it's definitely a good idea NOT to stick with 3.8 in current for all of the above mentioned reasons.
I didn't know that GKH volunteered to maintain LTS kernels, I though he was appointed. Well, in that case, it is his choice. I have never coded or maintained kernel code, and I'm pretty sure you wont want me to either. |
3.8 is dead today, 3.9 will be dead a month later, there is no much difference. What is not good idea in my opinion it is sticking with so called LTS since the last one is more than year old and no one knows when the next will be. I vote for Linux 3.11 for Workgroups to be next LTS.
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