Re: Isn't 4.4 long term stable?

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Feb 02 2016 - 12:15:55 EST


On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 10:09:38PM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> kernel.org lists linux 4.4.1 as "stable" but the releases page lists
> it as a long term stable kernel. Which one is true?

Both :)

It hasn't had the "chance" to be a longterm stable kernel given that
there hasn't been anything to replace it yet :)

But you are right, I'll go submit a patch to the releases page to mark
it as a longterm kernel so that people don't get confused.

thanks,

greg k-h