Long-term support for the 3.4 kernel [LWN.net]

From:		Greg KH <gregkh-AT-linuxfoundation.org>
To:		linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org
Subject:		the 3.4 kernel tree will be -longterm
Date:		Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:24:53 -0700
Message-ID:		<20120820222453.GB2118@kroah.com>
Cc:		stable-AT-vger.kernel.org
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

As I'm getting a few questions about this, and I realized that I never
sent out an email about this, yes, the 3.4 kernel tree will be the next
-longterm kernel that I will be maintaining for at least 2 years.

Currently I'm maintaining the following stable kernel trees for the
following amount of time:
	3.0 - for at least one more year
	3.4 - for at least two years
	3.5 - until 3.6.1 is out

Hope this helps clear up any rumors floating around.  If anyone has any
questions, please let me know.

greg k-h
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Long-term support for the 3.4 kernel

Posted Aug 22, 2012 4:26 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

Thank you, Greg.

Long-term support for the 3.4 kernel

Posted Aug 22, 2012 15:47 UTC (Wed) by ahoogerhuis (subscriber, #4041) [Link]

Thank you very much for your effort, as a Gentoo user I appreciate long term stability. :)

Will you be doing this seperate from what Paul Gortmaker already does, or take over for his string of patched to 3.4?

-A

Long-term support for the 3.4 kernel

Posted Aug 24, 2012 19:48 UTC (Fri) by linusw (subscriber, #40300) [Link]

Incidentally the 3.4 kernel is also used for an Android "K" lead device from Google. (Which is what all other vendors will then baseline against.)