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		nolist_policy on Oct 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LTS kernels are no longer supported for 6 years be... Sigh. Nobody cares about the upstream LTS kernel. All the LTS distros maintain their own downstream LTS kernel. Android too. There is no reason to duplicate that work upstream and then nobody uses it anyways. And by the way, LF founs the Civil infrastructure project which mantains LTS kernels for 10 years.[1] [1] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform...

planede on Oct 3, 2023 [–]

> All the LTS distros maintain their own downstream LTS kernel.

Debian definitely uses the upstream LTS for their base for their kernel on stable. They do add their own patches, but I don't think it's fair to say that they duplicate work here.

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