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LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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Did anyone think to actually ask the developer who is maintaining the LTS kernel versions why he made that change (back in February?), i.e. me?

{sigh}

No, I guess that would take too much effort, and wouldn't result in such a click-bait headline "LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because it turns out no one used them." doesn't have that same fun sound...

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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> All this started when fascists forced to implement or change Code of Conduct.

Calling people names won't change much. Although I sympathized with Linus' message in some of his comments, its form was, let's be frank, hard to tolerate. If you had a workmate who was highly competent but would scream at you "what is this brainfucked shit" etc., I guess it wouldn't be a nice place to work. At least I personally avoid such people and in the worst cases just leave. And I'm saing this in spite of the fact I admire Linus and agree with the actual contents of his inflammatory posts.

> Open source is now woke. That's all.

"Open source" is a wide term. You are right that there are many especially younger developers, and especially from the USA who are emphasizing certain aspects like inclusivity etc. I agree that the effects of their efforts might be debatable but saying "open source is now woke" is an overstatement. Not to mention that many projects are run by old-timers who not necessarily agree with whatever is en vogue now but don't consider it necessary to make all their views public.

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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post #5

Lunduke has been picking so many fights, I'm a bit lost as to whether I should pay attention or not. Sure, it doesn't seem great, but the Linux foundation putting money in other areas of the ecosystem is hardly a good point. Show us a real breakdown, instead of a gratuitous Linux kernel expenditure vs not-Linux kernel expenditure.

I approve of this fight-picking. It’s what journalists are meant to do.

The Linux Foundatiom should an engineers-first organization.

The leadership team breakdown shows me it’s full of MBAs specializing in “on a computer”.

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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post #31

Did anyone think to actually ask the developer who is maintaining the LTS kernel versions why he made that change (back in February?), i.e. me? {sigh} No, I guess that would take too much effort, and wouldn't result in such a click-bait headline "LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because it turns out no one used them." doesn't have that same fun sound...

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Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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post #31

Did anyone think to actually ask the developer who is maintaining the LTS kernel versions why he made that change (back in February?), i.e. me? {sigh} No, I guess that would take too much effort, and wouldn't result in such a click-bait headline "LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because it turns out no one used them." doesn't have that same fun sound...

It's an article from Bryan Lunduke. What can be expected other than controversial and click bait articles?

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

#37
I guess IBM was a major driver and sponsor for the Linux Foundation and had reason to push standardization and enterprise things such as LSB (alignment and extension effort for POSIX/SUS) but now owning RH has of course totally shifted the perspective. Also, commercial Linux seems more about a few cloud providers and tool vendors - standardization has no standing in that environment.

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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post #36

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Open source has always been about people from all walks of life coming and working together. We just never called it woke back in the 1990/2000's ;)

But there were just 2 genders in 1990/2000.

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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post #31

Did anyone think to actually ask the developer who is maintaining the LTS kernel versions why he made that change (back in February?), i.e. me? {sigh} No, I guess that would take too much effort, and wouldn't result in such a click-bait headline "LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because it turns out no one used them." doesn't have that same fun sound...

It was extremely frustrating to see several articles saying that make the rounds on HN...

Re: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years because no one used them

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post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open source has always been about people from all walks of life coming and working together. We just never called it woke back in the 1990/2000's ;)

But there were just 2 genders in 1990/2000.

1, This has nothing to do with people of all walks of life working together

2, Hermaphrodite & Intersex have been around for a looooooooong time. as I assume you mean sex (languages changes, gender these days doesn't mean physical/biological sex anymore)

3, your nick is pretty relevant in this case.

Of course I'm open to debate point 2, as I can surely be wrong. but it still has nothing to do with this conversation ;)

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