Re: Add a few more FAQs to the [kernel.org] releases page

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev
Date: Tue Jan 11 2022 - 09:50:36 EST


On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 07:32:46AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> * you added two sections that use the term "LTS", which is not explained
> on that page and wasn't used on it earlier. I wonder if it might be
> better to use "Longterm series" or something like that instead, as that
> it the term used on the page (and the official one afaics).

Thanks for the feedback, I switched to using "longterm" uniformly on that
page.

> This was also added:
>
> > Does the odd-even number still mean anything?
> >
> > Not since 2.5 days.
>
> I guess a lot of users won't known how long ago that was, so how about
> using an answer like this instead:
>
> "Not since December 2003, when Linux 2.6 got released."

I've expanded a bit more on that topic, just to avoid confusion.

Best regards,
-K