On Fri, 2014-07-18 at 17:43 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > 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.
Based on the replies to this, I think 3.16 is now the clear winner.
To avoid disruption to the installer, I think we should keep 3.14 in
unstable until the next installer alpha/beta is out, and then move
straight to 3.16.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
- Robert Coveyou
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
