From atler at pld-linux.org  Fri Dec  5 14:17:54 2025
From: atler at pld-linux.org (Jan Palus)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:17:54 +0100
Subject: [packages/kernel] 6.18 is longterm until Dec 2027
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On 03.12.2025 16:08, arekm wrote:
> commit 3c653354da3002f6effef0b4a5846a39a552f25e
> Author: Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz <arekm at maven.pl>
> Date:   Wed Dec 3 16:07:59 2025 +0100
> 
>     6.18 is longterm until Dec 2027
> 
>  kernel.spec | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
> index 0da7495f..15e8a73b 100644
> --- a/kernel.spec
> +++ b/kernel.spec
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
>  %define		postver		.0
>  
>  # define this to '-%{basever}' for longterm branch
> -%define		versuffix	%{nil}
> +%define		versuffix	'-%{basever}'

Any reason to create kernel-6.18 that early instead of going with kernel
until 6.19 like we always did before?


From arekm at maven.pl  Fri Dec  5 17:15:41 2025
From: arekm at maven.pl (=?UTF-8?Q?Arkadiusz_Mi=C5=9Bkiewicz?=)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 17:15:41 +0100
Subject: [packages/kernel] 6.18 is longterm until Dec 2027
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On 05/12/2025 14:17, Jan Palus wrote:
> On 03.12.2025 16:08, arekm wrote:
>> commit 3c653354da3002f6effef0b4a5846a39a552f25e
>> Author: Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz <arekm at maven.pl>
>> Date:   Wed Dec 3 16:07:59 2025 +0100
>>
>>      6.18 is longterm until Dec 2027
>>
>>   kernel.spec | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> ---
>> diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
>> index 0da7495f..15e8a73b 100644
>> --- a/kernel.spec
>> +++ b/kernel.spec
>> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
>>   %define		postver		.0
>>   
>>   # define this to '-%{basever}' for longterm branch
>> -%define		versuffix	%{nil}
>> +%define		versuffix	'-%{basever}'
> 
> Any reason to create kernel-6.18 that early instead of going with kernel
> until 6.19 like we always did before?

Not sure if that was deliberate decision earlier or just longterms were 
declared after new mainline was released.

Anyway I have no strong opinion on this one. Both ways are ok for me.

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Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )