Some weekend stable kernel updates

Posted Jan 22, 2024 8:37 UTC (Mon) by geert (subscriber, #98403)
In reply to: Some weekend stable kernel updates by rolexhamster
Parent article: Some weekend stable kernel updates

> > There's a general "I don't care about stable" attitude amongst maintainers. To a certain extent that's fair (...)

(A)

> Then what's the point of the stable kernels if nobody takes proper care of them?

> The mentioned attitude from the "maintainers" (kernel developers) is akin to throwing something over the wall (look, shiny!) and then running away from all responsibilities associated with that thing.

(B)

A and B are two different things.
I am quite sure most maintainers and kernel developers do their best to get bugs (in the upstream kernel) fixed (in the upstream kernel) ASAP.