Kernel Release planned to be used for 24.04 Noble

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Hi Andrea,

Am 30/01/2024 um 12:04 schrieb Andrea Righi:
> We are planning to go with a v6.8 kernel, here is the official
> announcement:
> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introducing-kernel-6-8-for-the-24-04-noble-numbat-release

Oh, I overlooked that – thanks for the pointers!

> Keep in mind that 6.8 is still in the early stages, so something may be
> missing or broken.
Sure, but if I might ask, what is the rational one the kernel selection?
As in the past it seemed that for Ubuntu LTS releases a LTS kernel was
favored, besides for 18.04 due to the bad timing of the meltdown &
spectre advisory releases.

Is it because the kernel.org LTS releases will have a shorter time until
EOL nowadays, i.e., 3 vs. 6 years, making it less relevant to base upon
them compared to the feature and HW support gains one gets from the newer
kernel that get releases more closely to when Ubuntu plans to release?

cheers,
 Thomas