Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2

Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by kev009 on Sunday October 08, 2017 @03:16PM (#15429488)

The kernel ABI is stable between major version numbers. It is never intentionally broken between majors. More importantly, the kernel APIs are very stable, which seems to be intentionally broken on Linux regularly.

Userland ABI is much more stringent, pretty much any commercially used OS will maintain compatibility for old applications indefinitely, Linux and Free and Net BSD included.

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Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by tosstossy on Monday October 09, 2017 @02:00AM (#15431831)

> which seems to be intentionally broken on Linux regularly

Please provide evidence to back the claim of intent. This comes across as if you're implying malice, when it's far more likely interfaces change in the natural course of development where there are no restraints like abi/api stability commitments.

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Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by kuschku on Monday October 09, 2017 @06:56AM (#15432818)

Torvalds himself said he’s breaking it intentionally to prevent people relying on it.

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Re:Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2 by tosstossy on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:21AM (#15434551)

Was this in a mailing list thread? Got a URL? I'm unaware of this.

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