On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 08:00:52AM -0600, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On 26.01.2021 [08:29:25 +0100], Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:55:11AM -0800, Scott Branden wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > The 5.10 LTS kernel being officially LTS supported for 2 years > > > presents a problem: why would anyone select a 5.10 kernel with 2 > > > year LTS when 5.4 kernel has a 6 year LTS. > > <snip> > > > > If 5.10 is "actually" going to be supported for 6 years it would be > > > quite valuable to make such a declaration. > > > https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > > > > Why? What would that change? > > > > Ok, seriously, this happens every year, and every year we go through > > the same thing, it's not like this is somehow new, right? > > > > I want to see companies _using_ the kernel, and most importantly, > > _updating_ their devices with it, to know if it is worth to keep > > around for longer than 2 years. I also, hopefully, want to see how > > those companies will help me out in the testing and maintenance of > > that kernel version in order to make supporting it for 6 years > > actually possible. > > > > So, are you planning on using 5.10? Will you will be willing to help > > out in testing the -rc releases I make to let me know if there are any > > problems, and to help in pointing out and backporting any specific > > patches that your platforms need for that kernel release? > > > > When I get this kind of promises and support from companies, then I am > > glad to bump up the length of the kernel support from 2 to 6 years, > > and I mark it on the web site. Traditionally this happens in > > Febuary/March once I hear from enough companies. Can I count on your > > support in this endeavor? > > I am very sorry for the long delay on my end (I had privately e-mailed > Greg on January 28) -- DigitalOcean also intends to provide feedback and > testing on the 5.10 series. We intend to use it as the basis for our > next-next kernel and are very invested in ensuring the stability and > performance of the kernel.
Great! If you need me to add your cc: to the -rc release announcements so that you have an easy email to respond to, just let me know and I can do so. Any ideas when the testing will start happening? There's a 5.10-rc release out there right now if you want to start today :) thanks, greg k-h
