Subject: Re: [vserver] Stable Linux-VServer Release
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:18:44 +0200

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 06:02:13PM +0100, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:18:25 +0200, Roman Vesely <roman@liten.cz> 
> wrote:

>> My (=sysadmin) reasons for:

>> 2.6.32.x:

>> +++ Support. Guaranteed support (bug fixes, security patches) for a
>> long time.

>>> =2.6.38:

>> --- Unsupported. Big problems if a serious vulnerability found.

> Can you please clarify what you mean by "supported" here.
> Are you suggesting that 2.6.32.x will get security patches
> back-ported do it but 2.6.38.x will not? If so, can you please
> post a link to the post where this has been stated by the
> kernel developers?

2.6.32 is listed as longtem on kernel.org so yes, it will
receive security fixes (for now) and 2.6.38.x is (not yet)
listed as long term, so that will fade out at some point
unless somebody stands up to maintain it ...

HTH,
Herbert

> Gordan