Re: Status of v4.9

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On 16/01/2017 14:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 01:35:38PM +0100, Mason wrote:
>
>> On 16/01/2017 11:34, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 09:39:39AM +0100, Mason wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Greg,
>>>>
>>>> A few months ago, you stated that you were considering making v4.9
>>>> the latest LTS version.
>>>>
>>>> http://kroah.com/log/blog/2016/09/06/4-dot-9-equals-equals-next-lts-kernel/
>>>>
>>>> Neither https://www.kernel.org/ nor https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
>>>> list 4.9 as an LTS version yet.
>>>>
>>>> Could you clear (some of) my confusion?
>>>
>>> It's a bit hard for a kernel to be "LTS" when it hasn't even had the
>>> chance to move out of the "normal" stable release process, right? :)
>>
>> I think it might be worthwhile mentioning somewhere that 4.9 is LTS.
>> (My manager thought 4.4 was the latest.)
> 
> As you can see by my questions, I haven't come to that final conclusion
> yet :)

Sorry, I must be missing something obvious :-)

What are the advantages of not listing 4.9 in the LTS list(*)
until 4.11 is released?

(*) https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

Regards.

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