> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Psyborg [mailto:pozega.tomis...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sonntag, 5. Januar 2020 16:33
> To: m...@adrianschmutzler.de
> Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <ha...@hauke-m.de>; OpenWrt Development List
> <openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org>; Koen Vandeputte
> <koen.vandepu...@ncentric.com>
> Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Kernel version for OpenWrt 20.X
> 
> On 05/01/2020, m...@adrianschmutzler.de <m...@adrianschmutzler.de>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: openwrt-devel [mailto:openwrt-devel-
> boun...@lists.openwrt.org]
> >> On Behalf Of Hauke Mehrtens
> >> Sent: Samstag, 4. Januar 2020 18:26
> >> To: m...@adrianschmutzler.de; 'OpenWrt Development List' <openwrt-
> >> de...@lists.openwrt.org>
> >> Cc: 'Koen Vandeputte' <koen.vandepu...@ncentric.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Kernel version for OpenWrt 20.X
> >>
> >> On 1/3/20 1:53 PM, m...@adrianschmutzler.de wrote:
> >> > Hi Hauke,
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: openwrt-devel [mailto:openwrt-devel-
> >> boun...@lists.openwrt.org]
> >> >> On Behalf Of Hauke Mehrtens
> >> >> Sent: Donnerstag, 28. November 2019 19:42
> >> >> To: Adrian Schmutzler <m...@adrianschmutzler.de>; 'OpenWrt
> >> >> Development List' <openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org>
> >> >> Cc: 'Koen Vandeputte' <koen.vandepu...@ncentric.com>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Kernel version for OpenWrt 20.X
> >> >>
> >> >> On 11/28/19 7:11 PM, Adrian Schmutzler wrote:
> >> >>> Hi Hauke,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> The following are still on kernel 4.9:
> >> >>>>  * ar7
> >> >>>>  * ixp4xx
> >> >>>>  * orion
> >> >>>
> >> >>> There are patches (actually from you, May 2019) on the list which
> >> >>> claim to bump ar7 and orion to 4.14:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/list/?series=107337
> >> >>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/list/?series=107339
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I haven't looked closer, just in case you forgot about them ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >> Nobody reported that they are working so I never applied them. I
> >> >> do not have the hardware, I just made them compile.
> >> >
> >> > Since there was no response of any kind from a third party, I've
> >> > just
> >> marked the two patchsets as "Deferred" in the patchwork, so we get a
> >> little more overview there. I hope that's okay for you.
> >>
> >> Yes fine with me, we should probably drop these targets soon.
> >>
> >> Hauke
> >
> > I think it's time to remove the three targets and kernel 4.9 support
> > as well after the release has been made. Or does keeping kernel 4.9 in
> > master (even without targets) make it easier to support 18.06 branch?
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Adrian
> >
> 
> This LTS version will receive updates for another 3 years, why do you want to
> remove it?

Next release will be kernel 4.19 or 5.4 only, and the respective targets are 
still at 4.9. So, they haven't been included in 19.07 (4.14 only) and won't be 
included in future releases unless someone updates them. At the moment, it 
looks like nobody will update them.

So, we plan to remove these targets now, as they are effectively unmaintained. 
Those who still want to use them can have the 4.9 version in 18.06 stable 
branch until that one is EOL.

In both cases, updating or removing the targets, there will be no need to keep 
kernel support if no targets are left. Thus, we can save time for maintaining 
that kernel version.

Best

Adrian

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