>>>>> "IU" == Iñaki Ucar <iucar@fedoraproject.org> writes:
IU> In this respect (the kernel), it's true that something changed
IU> compared to a decade ago: there was no LTS support upstream
IU> then. Now, there is.
That is not really true. 2.6.16 (the first kernel that I recall anyone
calling some equivalent of "LTS") was released 12.5 years ago, while FC5
was fresh. I do recall its existence being considered in the
discussions that happened in the FC6 timeframe, though I wasn't involved
in all of those. It was a very interesting time with the core-extras
merge and the community finally having a say in the maintenance of every
piece of the distro. Obviously the release cadence and lifecycle was a
big topic.
- J<
AFAIK, that wasn't officially supported. Official LTS support started around 2011.
Iñaki