On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 07:08:05AM +0000, Wadepohl, Wolfram wrote: > I'm sad to hear that 5.10 has still an EOL of Dec, 2022. We are in > development of our 1st GNU/Linux based System, 50k devices for IoT. [...] > In general a 2 year support for embedded systems in automation is not a > reasonable thing. Nevertheless the CIP project has commited to 5.10 as the > next SLTS kernel. [...] > What can we do as a very small development team to support an extended LTS > period of 5.10.?
The two years are a minimal promise from Greg. Debian is using 5.10 for upcoming Bullseye, thus even if Greg won't extend (99% chance he will), Ben Hutchings will continue the support for as long as Debian Bullseye is alive. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ A dumb species has no way to open a tuna can. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ A smart species invents a can opener. ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ A master species delegates.
