Re: Linux 3.18.56

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On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 07:37:04PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 07:20:32PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> > Greg KH wrote...
> > 
> > > I'm announcing the release of the 3.18.56 kernel.
> > 
> > Just a small observation, 3.18 is listed as "EOL" on
> > https://www.kernel.org/, and in that RSS feed as well. Perhaps untag
> > that one as long as you actually provide updates?
> 
> Better keep it marked EOL so that it remains dissuasive enough. Greg
> inherited from that kernel which he didn't choose to tag LTS and it
> got used and deployed to a point where not fixing it leaves many
> users at risk. Hopefully he'll be able to kill it without prior
> public warning, so EOL seems to make sense here.

Yes, it will stay marked EOL as I could drop it at any moment!

Hopefully at least :)

thanks,

greg k-h



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