On 15 August 2011 08:16, Teck Choon Giam <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/8/15 <[email protected]>: >> 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. >
I think your maths might be wrong. Year 1, long term kernel 1 starts (total concurrent long term = 1) Year 2, long term kernel 2 starts (total concurrent long term = 2) Year 3, long term kernel 3 starts, long term kernel 1 stops. (total concurrent long term = 2) Year 4, long term kernel 4 starts, long term kernel 2 stops. (total concurrent long term = 2) Year 5, long term kernel 5 starts, long term kernel 3 stops. (total concurrent long term = 2) _______________________________________________ stable mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
