Post #1890234

@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/