On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 05:43:06PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 17:29 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > [...] > > The earlier we freeze the kernel, the more work will be required to > > backport fixes and hardware enablement during the jessie support period. > > So I think that 3.16 would be the best fit. > > > > It is also very unlikely that a PREEMPT_RT patchset will be available > > for 3.15 or 3.17, but there probably will be one for 3.16. > > > > I won't have time to take on maintenance of another longterm stable > > branch besides 3.2, so I think it is important that the version we use > > can be based on a longterm stable branch maintained by someone else. On > > that basis, I would like to propose to Greg K-H that his next longterm > > branch be based on 3.16. > [...] > > I did talk to Greg about this, but as you probably all know by now, he > selected 3.14 as there are other major users with earlier freeze dates > than us. > > Ubuntu 14.10 is planned to use Linux 3.16, in which case Ubuntu will > maintain a 3.16-stable branch (not blessed by kernel.org, but still > following the same rules). > > So we have a choice between: > > Linux 3.14-stable > - Supported by Greg for about 2 years after release (March 2014) > - As an official kernel.org branch, it is likely to get some more > testing and review, and more backports from upstream maintainers > > Linux 3.16-stable > - Supported by Ubuntu kernel team for about 15-18 months after distro > release (October 2014) > - Will support more current hardware and need fewer driver backports > > Both of these will be supported until about the same time that wheezy > reaches EOL, which is when I intend to stop maintaining 3.2-stable. At > that point, I would be prepared to take over maintainership of either of > the newer branches. > > There's not an obvious winner out of these two options, but we should > choose fairly soon. Please speak up with arguments either way.
I have a slight preference to 3.16 as it gets better MIPS hardware support (Loongson 3A, newer Octeon boards, etc.). That said it's not a really strong argument, as I will take advantage of the planned ABI break to backport these changes. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
