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civilinfrastructureplatform:cipkernelmaintenance [2023/07/27 11:58]
nobuhiro.iwamatsu [Security fixes]
civilinfrastructureplatform:cipkernelmaintenance [2023/09/28 06:49] (current)
jki-siemens avoid confusion about up to 20 years maintenance
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 === How long will SLTS branches be maintained? === === How long will SLTS branches be maintained? ===
  
-The use cases CIP project is targeting have a life cycle of between 25 and 50 years. In theory, this is the time in which products shipped with the CIP kernel will be under maintenance. However, identifying and backporting relevant fixes becomes increasingly difficult as upstream kernel development diverges further from a stable branch. Any given SLTS branch is unlikely to be maintainable for more than 10-20 years.+The use cases CIP project is targeting have a life cycle of between 25 and 50 years. In theory, this is the time in which products shipped with the CIP kernel will be under maintenance. However, identifying and backporting relevant fixes becomes increasingly difficult as upstream kernel development diverges further from a stable branch. Any given SLTS branch is unlikely to be economically ​maintainable for much more than 10 years.
  
 The Linux kernel 4.4 was [[http://​lkml.iu.edu/​hypermail/​linux/​kernel/​1601.1/​01592.html|released on January 10th 2016]]. It was [[https://​kernel.org/​releases.html|declared LTS (Long Term Support) by the stable team]] which means Greg Kroah-Hartman was supposed to maintain it for two years (Feb 2018) following the kernel LTS process. In September 2017 it was announced that the 4.4 LTS branch will be maintained during 6 years. Another stable maintainer could extend LTS maintenance for some time beyond that. After that period, CIP will maintain it. The Linux kernel 4.4 was [[http://​lkml.iu.edu/​hypermail/​linux/​kernel/​1601.1/​01592.html|released on January 10th 2016]]. It was [[https://​kernel.org/​releases.html|declared LTS (Long Term Support) by the stable team]] which means Greg Kroah-Hartman was supposed to maintain it for two years (Feb 2018) following the kernel LTS process. In September 2017 it was announced that the 4.4 LTS branch will be maintained during 6 years. Another stable maintainer could extend LTS maintenance for some time beyond that. After that period, CIP will maintain it.
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