That article you linked to is about a variant of linux, "rt". And as it looks they didn't update their branch since the release of 4.19.100-r41. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-stable-rt.git/log/?h=v4.19-rt linux is at 4.19.102 now...
AFAIR the Gentoo kernel team knows what's going on regarding upcoming linux patches. They know about the fixes in each minor release. And they kinda sort out what's important enough and what not. Because longterm gets releases every few DAYS (!) and forcing the user to update the kernel after every single sync is hardcore. IMO it's good the way it is. Am Do., 6. Feb. 2020 um 06:14 Uhr schrieb Matt Connell < matthewdconn...@gmail.com>: > I see posts on LWN (or other sources) for kernel minor version releases, > such as this one: https://lwn.net/Articles/811334/ The notes will > typically say that users should upgrade to that minor version due to bug > fixes or security patches. > > I know that gentoo-sources tracks on the most current LTS kernel > release, currently 4.19.97. However, these versions seem to usually be > slightly behind the 'recommended' minor version number. > > Why is this? Is it because the Gentoo patchset precludes the issues > that are being resolved by the LTS releases? Are the issues considered > significantly minor enough that they don't warrant a version bump for > gentoo-sources? > > No complaint or dissatisfaction being expressed here, just curious why > this seems to be, and if I should consider accepting ~amd64 for a newer > version. > > >
