Target kernel for bionic?

[Bryan Quigley]

There has been some discussion - aiming towards 4.15 but I don't
believe anything is set in stone.

Kernel list/insights post -
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/25/kernel-team-summary-october-25-2017/

Also Phoronix post with discussion around it -
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-18.04-LTS-Linux-4.15

Kind regards,
Bryan


On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has there been any discussion or decision made on the target kernel for
> bionic?
>
> If not, can I request that consideration is given to the 4.14 LTS
> kernel, matching the use of 4.4 in xenial, rather than the non-LTS 3.13
> in trusty?
>
> While it will likely be several point-releases old/mature by the time
> bionic is released, 4.14 will (I believe) be supported for six years (so
> should last the full life of bionic).
>
> Keeping kernels relatively close to mainline helps in any number of
> ways, not least with backporting new upstream developments (e.g.
> WireGuard).
>
>
> J
>
>
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