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Linux 5.10 LTS Status and More Stables Releases of Linux Announced Today

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 27th of January 2021 10:02:28 PM Filed under
Linux
  • Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up

    Announced a few years ago was the notion of "extended" LTS kernel versions whereby the long term support cycle would span six years rather than the usual two years for LTS kernels in providing maintenance and bug/security fixes to the codebase. This means Linux 5.4 LTS is supported until the end of 2025, Linux 4.19 until the end of 2024, and even Linux 4.14 until the start of 2024. But with the recently minted Linux 5.10 LTS at least for now it's only being committed to maintenance until the end of next year.

    There's been differing remarks/indications for how long the Linux 5.10 long-term support cycle would last with many expecting six years given that's what has been happening on recent LTS kernels -- even the Linux 4.4 kernel is being planned for maintenance until February 2022 and Linux 4.9 until 2023. Linux stable maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has now provided a more transparent answer on the Linux kernel mailing list stemming from the talk over how long Linux 5.10 will be maintained.

  • Three stable kernels

    Stable kernels 5.10.11, 5.4.93, and 4.19.171 have been released. They contain important fixes and users should upgrade.

  • 5.10.11
  • 5.4.93
  • 4.19.171
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The LTS Linux Kernel 5.10 To Be Maintained For Only 2 Years

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 28th of January 2021 11:31:10 PM.
  • The LTS Linux Kernel 5.10 To Be Maintained For Only 2 Years If Companies Don’t Help Support It

    Linux Kernel 5.10 was the last kernel release of 2020. It is a long term support release.

    There are no hard and fast rules for the lifespan of a kernel release. A normal kernel is maintained by the kernel maintainers for 3-4 months. An LTS release on the other hand gets around 2 years of support usually.

    But since there are too much on the stake, at times, LTS release get extended support as well. Take Linux kernel 5.4 for instance. It will be supported for 6 years primarily for Android devices.

Linux maintainer says long-term support for 5.10 will stay...

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 29th of January 2021 05:52:16 PM.
  • Linux maintainer says long-term support for 5.10 will stay at two years unless biz world steps up and actually uses it

    Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has responded to complaints that the current promise of two years for 5.10 is not enough, explaining that support is not automatic but requires commercial help.

    Version 5.10 of the kernel was released in December and designated a "long-term maintenance" release, which generally means six years of support with important bugfixes and security patches. Broadcom's Scott Branden spotted that the official release table only specifies two years of support for 5.10, which has a projected EOL (end of Life) of December 2022. He raised a query on the kernel mailing list.

    "The 5.10 LTS kernel being officially LTS supported for 2 years presents a problem," he said. "Why would anyone select a 5.10 kernel with 2 year LTS when 5.4 kernel has a 6 year LTS... a 2 year declaration is not LTS any more."

    Maintainer Kroah-Hartman was quick to explain. First, he refuted the idea that two years is not LTS. "A 'normal' stable kernel is dropped after the next release happens, making their lifespan about 4 months long. 2 years is much longer than 4 months, so it still is a "long term supported" kernel," he said.

Helping Out With LTS Kernel Releases

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 3rd of February 2021 06:45:04 PM.
  • Helping Out With LTS Kernel Releases

    A recent email thread about “Why isn’t the 5.10 stable kernel listed as supported for 6 years yet!” on the linux-kernel mailing list ended up generating a bunch of direct emails to me asking what could different companies and individuals due to help out. What exactly was I looking for here?

    Instead of having to respond to private emails with the same information over and over, I figured it was better to just put it here so that everyone can see what exactly I am expecting with regards to support in order to be able to maintain a kernel for longer than 2 years...

Kroah-Hartman: Helping Out With LTS Kernel Releases

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 3rd of February 2021 11:36:52 PM.

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