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Greg KH: Linux stable kernel release procedure changes

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It's probably a good idea to concentrate maintenance efforts on fewer kernel trees. There should probably be some kind of synchronization going on, i.e. declaring a new "stable" kernel when there are enough major Linux distros currently basing on it.

This is a good idea. I have been on 2.6.32 forever in Debian unstable, and it's starting to get old. Yes, I could compile my own newer kernel, but then udev breaks, and then I've wasted 5 hours :)

This is very good. Sometimes it was some kind of guessing game to choose a kernel release to use in our environment.

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