Target kernel for bionic?

[J Fernyhough]

On 30 October 2017 at 22:25, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 4.14 will (I believe) be supported for six years (so
>> should last the full life of bionic).
>
> Do you have any evidence for that claim?
>

https://twitter.com/gregkh/status/913676688436924417
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/03/linux_kernel_long_term_support_extended_from_two_to_six_years/
https://itsfoss.com/linux-lts-kernel-six-years/

Granted, I haven't yet seen an explicit "Kernel 4.14 will be supported
for six years", but pulling some quotes from the articles:

"Greg Kroah-Hartman has given me permission to announce this here: He
will extend LTS to six years, starting with kernel 4.4."
"LTS is LTS. Greg Kroah-Hartman, the LTS maintainer, is committing to
do [a six-year LTS]. Not because of Google or Android or Treble, but
because everything is on LTS; it’s not on upstream."


J