Re: Target kernel for bionic?

2017-12-20 Thread J Fernyhough
On 31/10/17 10:37, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > I'd love it if there was a first-hand public statement from Greg or > someone similar that said their intent is for every new LTS kernel to > be supported for 6 years. Or that 4.14 will definitely be an Extended > LTS. > Just to finish this off (and only

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

2017-10-31 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:32 AM, J Fernyhough wrote: > https://twitter.com/gregkh/status/913676688436924417 That particular tweet is not very precise. I'd love it if there was a first-hand public statement from Greg or someone similar that said their intent is for every

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

2017-10-31 Thread J Fernyhough
On 30 October 2017 at 22:25, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough wrote: >> 4.14 will (I believe) be supported for six years (so >> should last the full life of bionic). > > Do you have any evidence for that claim? >

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

2017-10-30 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough wrote: > 4.14 will (I believe) be supported for six years (so > should last the full life of bionic). Do you have any evidence for that claim? I would not assume that every LTS kernel will be an Extended LTS. See that 4.4 is

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

2017-10-30 Thread Bryan Quigley
=news_item=Ubuntu-18.04-LTS-Linux-4.15 Kind regards, Bryan On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has there been any discussion or decision made on the target kernel for > bionic? > > If not, can I request that consideration is given to the

Target kernel for bionic?

2017-10-30 Thread J Fernyhough
Has there been any discussion or decision made on the target kernel for bionic? If not, can I request that consideration is given to the 4.14 LTS kernel, matching the use of 4.4 in xenial, rather than the non-LTS 3.13 in trusty? While it will likely be several point-releases old/mature