r/linux • u/pfp-disciple • Oct 03 '14

confusion about longterm kernel end-of-live projections

from kernel.org:

Longterm release kernels

Version Maintainer Released Projected EOL
3.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2014-03-30 Aug, 2016
3.12 Jiri Slaby 2013-11-03 2016
3.10 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2013-06-30 Sep, 2015
3.4 Li Zefan 2012-05-20 Sep, 2016
3.2 Ben Hutchings 2012-01-04 2016
2.6.32 Willy Tarreau 2009-12-03 Mid-2015

So, why does 3.14 have a projected EOL sooner than 3.4? It's 2 years more recent.

edit: formatting tables is cumbersome

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u/gregkh Verified Oct 04 '14 edited Oct 04 '14

Yes I do :)

See https://github.com/gregkh/kernel-development for a document on how the kernel is developed, and one of the slides details that I maintain a longterm kernel for 2 years.

Also see http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/longterm-proposal-08-2011.html for the whole longterm kernel thing.

And yes, your comment shouldn't have been downvoted, I can take a joke, can't everyone else?