Hi Leo, Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> writes:
> The Linux / linux-libre kernel "longterm" support series version 4.4 is > scheduled to reach the end of its life next month, in February 2022: > > https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > > There is a project by the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) called > "SLTS" kernels, which offer "super longterm support". They begin by > pledging support for the 4.4 series until 2027: > > https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start > > So, we could use that if somebody wanted to make the necessary > adjustments to our packaging and agree to help keep it working. > > I think this is the first time we face end of support of a kernel with > longterm suport in Guix, at least since we started to keep all the > longterm kernels packaged [0]. > > What should we do? It's been 4 weeks, and nobody offered an opinion. I suggest we stick to upstream Linux LTS schedule and drop 4.4, otherwise we'll have even more variants to maintain. Thanks, Maxim
