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Linux Kernel 3.4 Will Be Supported for 2 Years

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Greg Kroah-Hartman proudly announced last evening, August 20th, that the 3.4 branch of the Linux kernel will be maintained for at least 2 years.

The famous Linux kernel developer said that he will still maintain the Linux kernel 3.0 for one more year, and Linux kernel 3.5 until Linux kernel 3.6.1 is out.

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Comments (4)

Bob_Robertson ·
Maybe the Debian developers were a little bit premature locking the next Stable in with kernel 3.2 a couple months ago...
Steven_Rosenber ·
3.2 will be maintained throughout the Wheezy cycle by Ben Hutchings, kernel contributor and Debian kernel maintainer. It's also the kernel in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, so there is quite a bit of interest in maintaining it.

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Long-term-maintenance...
CFWhitman ·
Part of Debian's strength is that they don't concern themselves about anyone else maintaining the key pieces of their software. They're prepared to do it themselves.
Bob_Robertson ·
Not exactly the timber with which I was trying to make the statement, but thank you gentlemen for the input.

I'm fully aware of Debian's maintaining kernels in the stable release. I also know just how easy it is to build a newer kernel if desired, in its .DEB package and ready to go.

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