7.2.15 is the final release for the 7.2 stable series
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced kernel 7.2.15, the last 7.2.y release, and asked users to move to 7.3.y.
Key points
- Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the 7.2.15 kernel release, with a handful of updates.
- This is the last 7.2.y release. After it, the 7.2.y kernel tree is end-of-life.
- Kroah-Hartman asked users to move to 7.3.y at this time.
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.15 kernel, with a handful of updates. This closes the 7.2 stable series: after 7.2.15, the 7.2.y kernel tree is end-of-life.
Details
Kroah-Hartman was direct about the timeline: “Note, this is the LAST 7.2.y kernel release. After this one the 7.2.y kernel tree is end-of-life. Please move to 7.3.y at this time.”
He also acknowledged that this series went end-of-life “a bit sooner than normal.” The call was based on the release cycle at the moment and the number of pending “cc: stable” patches in the queue. Continuing would have meant keeping 8 different branches alive at the same time, which he called “a taxing task under the best of times.” Ending 7.2.y now lets the team focus on the latest 7.3.y release.
Why it matters
Systems still running 7.2.y kernels will not get further updates.
What to do
- Move systems running 7.2.y to the 7.3.y series.
- Treat 7.2.15 as the last update for this branch.