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Re: Linux kernel version support policy
- From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro dot koskinen at iki dot fi>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Aurelien Jarno <aurel32 at debian dot org>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:49:25 +0200
- Subject: Re: Linux kernel version support policy
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:02:43PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> 2.6.16 ceased to be maintained in July 2009, according to Wikipedia
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Maintenance>. Should we have
> a policy on how long after a long-term-support Linux kernel version ceases
> to be maintained we can move the minimum to the next long-term-support
> version, or such a policy based on distribution releases (or a
> combination)?
Is it common to upgrade GLIBC but not the kernel? At least I don't think
any distro does that.
A.