Post #1890233

2026-04-23 15:34 UTC

@kernellogger that essentially means, however, that LTS kernels are not to be used at all, unless one tests normal releases regularly in addition to that. that seems rather odd to me.

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@kernellogger@hachyderm.io 2026-04-23 15:48

@stefanct yes and no. 😆 * No, as for most users there is no risk, as they run Linux on hardware that was made and sold in say the last ten years or so -- and it would be extremely unusual is someone would suggest removing support for that * Yes, if you run something older than testing all mainline releases might be wise -- but well, you get what you pay for, so helping here a bit is kinda fair I'd say and a good way to say thx for the work others do. *But: what I said earlier about removal is true for fixes that accidentally cause a regression for somebody else -- and if you only report that regression after say a year that change maybe can't be reverted, as that would cause a regression for others. This is a reason why you might want to regularly run latest mainline -- but the risk that this happens is rare. *And*: Most people should use the latest stable kernels anway: http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/

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@SchwarzeLocke@ohai.social 2026-04-24 04:32

@stefanct @kernellogger It seems rather odd if you think of a single user with their primary end device. It does not seem odd if you think of a larger scale, for example: - production servers with Debian stable, test servers with Debian proposed-updates, CI with all kinds of OSs incl. Debian testing.

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