On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:25 PM, <da...@lang.hm> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Teck Choon Giam wrote: > >> 2011/8/15 <da...@lang.hm>: >>> >>> On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, J?rg-Volker Peetz wrote: >>> >>>> Greg KH wrote, on 08/15/11 06:15: >>>> <snip> >>>>> >>>>> - a new -longterm kernel is picked every year. >>>>> - a -longterm kernel is maintained for 2 years and then dropped. >>>> >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>> Just a little nitpick: with this scheme you will accumulate longterm >>>> kernels. If >>>> I understand it right, one longterm kernel is added every year. >>> >>> but with one new kernel being added each year, and then being dropped two >>> years later, there are only 2 long term kernels at any one time (that >>> Greg >>> will be maintaining at least, nothing stops other people from maintaining >>> other long term kernels in addition) >> >> Err... sorry from my understanding like this year... one new long term >> kernel added so it is N+1 then next year is N+1+1 and two years drop >> one so it is N+1+1-1... so every year there will be one new long term >> added and every two years there will be one overall long term kernel >> added to total number of long term kernels... since two are added >> within 2 years and one dropped every 2 years. So there are not only 2 >> long term kernels at any one time in this case... ... someone correct >> me if I am wrong. > > in 2011 there will be a -longterm kernel picked (1 maintained) > > in 2012 there will be a -longterm kernel picked (1+1=2 maintained) > > in 2013 there will be a -longterm kernel picked, but the 2011 one will no > longer be maintained (1+1+1-1=2 maintained) > > in 2014 there will be a -longterm kernel picked, but the 2012 one will no > longer be maintained (1+1+1+1-1-1=2 maintained)
Thanks for explaining... :) Kindest regards, Giam Teck Choon _______________________________________________ stable mailing list stable@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
