Using Linux as Long Term Working with the Community
Talkat Embedded Linux Conference + OpenIoT Summit North America 2017 · on Tuesday, 2017-02-21· at 10:30· Skyline II·
summary
Explains how the Linux kernel community and industry coordinate around long-term support (LTS) kernels, using the 2015 decision to make 4.4 an LTS release as a concrete example of timing and confusion it caused. Covers collaboration processes for maintaining long-term kernels and describes the LTSI release plan and its release process.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Start
- 1:25Linux is running everywhere
- 5:15Kernel release cycle
- 7:20Linux Development process
- 8:39Linux Source Code Growth
- 9:09Rapid Release cycle of Linux
- 10:16Stable kernel release
- 12:35LTS: Long Term Stable Kernel
- 14:04Current LTS versions
- 19:06What is LTSI • Open Source community to create and maintain Linux kernel for long term
- 21:28History of LTSI Established 2011-6 years now
- 26:39Upstream first policy
- 28:06Production kernel
- 30:12LTSI development process
- 31:15LTSI 2017 Development plan
- 34:13Tech Challenges for kernel area
- 37:53LTSI related project and use case
- 40:39Conclusion
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