On 08/27/2013 09:13 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > Hi, > > So ... I guess I succeeded in killing off 2.6.24 support, but I think we > should talk about when we drop which version? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Maintenance has a handy list > of which version was supported until when, telling us that the oldest > kernel still supported now is 2.6.32. > > What do people think? What kernels do you use? How old is "really far > too old to worry about"? > > johannes When you look at the users of old backports no one cares about using a supported kernel version. One group are the desktop users which are using Ubuntu, Debian, or some RedHat kernel, these kernels are based on 2.6.32 or some 3.X version. The other big group are the embedded developers which are using any random kernel version with many patches for some specific SoC in it. They do not care about security updates. I think we should drop support for some versions if there are some thinks that are harder to backport. The bigger maintenance problem I currently see is the adding for more and more subsystems. The GPU drivers for example are taking about 30% of the time when adding support for a new linux next version. Hauke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
