@nave@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoLinux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too much workarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down14
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minus-square@CriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agoAnd yet still the maintainers don’t want to maintain 6 yo kernels because it’s cumbersome and an unpaid position.
minus-square@nous@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoUnpaid? A lot of kernel devs do get paid, especially the core ones that would be looking after this stuff. 75% – The share of all kernel development that is done by developers who are being paid for their work. https://www.pingdom.com/blog/linux-kernel-development-numbers/
And yet still the maintainers don’t want to maintain 6 yo kernels because it’s cumbersome and an unpaid position.
Unpaid? A lot of kernel devs do get paid, especially the core ones that would be looking after this stuff.
https://www.pingdom.com/blog/linux-kernel-development-numbers/