Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel

From: Kamal Mostafa <kamal-AT-canonical.com> To: stable-AT-vger.kernel.org, kernel-team-AT-lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Linux 3.8.y.z extended stable support Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 09:18:59 -0700 Message-ID: <1368548339.22392.115.camel@fourier> Cc: linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, gregkh-AT-linuxfoundation.org Archive-link: Article, Thread

Since Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" uses the 3.8 kernel, the Ubuntu kernel team will pick up stable maintenance where Greg KH left off[0] with 3.8.13 (thanks, Greg!)... The Ubuntu kernel team is pleased to announce that we will be providing extended stable support for the Linux 3.8 kernel until August 2014 as a third party effort maintained on our infrastructure. Our linux-3.8.y{-queue,-review} stable branches will fork from 3.8.13 and will be published here: git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git We will use the same stable request/review workflow and follow the standard upstream stable kernel rules. More details are available at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable We welcome any feedback and contribution to this effort. We will be posting the first review cycle patch set in a week or two. -Kamal Mostafa Ubuntu Kernel Team, Canonical Ltd. [0] http://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg08735.html