On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:03:00AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a short announcement to let everyone know that Willy Tarreau is > taking over the 2.6.27-longterm kernel releases, now that I am finished > with maintaining them. > > Any questions/patches/concerns about this kernel tree should go to Willy > from this point forward, not me.
Just to clarify the process, I'm going to maintain it at a much slower pace, comparable to 2.4, which also means that anything other than important fixes might get ignored. I'm using 2.6.27 in places where it's not acceptable to reboot once a month to fix a bug, and my goal is to provide users who have similar expectations with less common updates so that they have the time to review and test them before upgrading. Greg has done a amazing job on 2.6.27, which has gained an excellent level of stability. I intend to use this to convince 2.4 users that a longterm 2.6 can match their expectations and that it's time to migrate. It will then be easier to have them migrate between longterm releases once they enter the process. I've not decided how long I will maintain it, but at least it will last longer than 2.4 so that users have the time to note the stability (or to report bugs if any). Thanks, Willy _______________________________________________ stable mailing list stable@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
