[ubuntu-hardened] [Precise] another Linux kernel update - the same version.

[daniel curtis]

Hello

Yes, this mailing list is not a good place to ask a question about kernel
etc., but kernel-team mailing list is used to coordinate and plan kernel
uploads for Ubuntu. So, I think it's place for Developers and so on. I just
want ask about 12.04 LTS Release and its kernel version.

Since pretty long time, 12.04 LTS Release kernel version is still 3.2.79
since latest version released by Mr Ben Hutchings on 2016-08-22 is 3.2.82
(with plenty fixes etc.) I would like to ask why it takes so long to update
kernel to the latest version? Debian LTS is already using newest release. But
that is not the point.

I think that in the past, e.g. 12.04.1-3 era, Linux kernel was updated more
often. Even earlier than Debian - one more time: released frequency is not
the point here. But at last it's a LTS Release. So, what's happened?

Of course, there are new kernel updates, with many CVE fixed, but after
system reboot, kernel version is still 3.2.79. (The last one from Thu Sep
22 *) Ubuntu Kernel Team newsletter also explain not much. Especially if it
is about "Precise" etc.

So when 12.04 LTS Release kernel will be updated to the latest 3.2.82
version? 3.2.79 to 3.2.82: that's three "big" updates... I just wanted to
ask and make sure that everything is okay.

Best regards.
_____________
*
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-September/025623.html
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-hardened/attachments/20160925/3e91fd9a/attachment.html>