Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.kernel > #60740

Re: linux backport in jessie LTS

Show all headers | View raw

On 04/22/2018 05:54 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> The backports team decided in 2016 that backports suites will no longer
> be updated once the corresponding stable suite enters LTS.  This
> implies that jessie-backports will be closed at the end of May.
> 
> It is clear that a fair number of wheezy LTS users relied on backported
> kernel versions and were caught out when this policy was applied to
> wheezy (and not announced as clearly as it could have been).  I would
> not be surprised if this recurs with jessie.
> 
> Therefore, would it make sense to add a Linux 4.9 backport to the
> regular jessie and jessie-security suites?  Are there users currently
> running jessie with Linux 4.9 and expecting to continue doing so
> through the LTS period?

By all means, YES !

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Back to linux.debian.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

linux backport in jessie LTS Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-04-22 18:00 +0200
  Re: linux backport in jessie LTS Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de> - 2018-04-23 10:30 +0200
  Re: linux backport in jessie LTS Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2018-04-24 01:10 +0200
  Re: linux backport in jessie LTS Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2018-04-24 15:50 +0200
    Re: linux backport in jessie LTS Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-04-24 16:10 +0200

csiph-web