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Final release for the 7.2 stable series

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Briefings

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the 7.2.15 kernel as the final release for the 7.2.y series, marking the end of that branch. This update includes several patches, but the 7.2.y tree is now end-of-life, requiring users to migrate to 7.3.y. The decision to end 7.2.y early was driven by the high volume of pending stable patches, which would have required maintaining eight separate branches simultaneously.

Key points

• Greg Kroah-Hartman released the 7.2.15 kernel as the final 7.2.y release, with several pending patches included.
• The 7.2.y kernel tree is now end-of-life, prompting a migration to 7.3.y to avoid maintaining multiple branches.

Context

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the 7.2.15 kernel as the final release for the 7.2.y series, marking the end of that branch. This update includes several patches, but the 7.2.y tree is now end-of-life, requiring users to migrate to 7.3.y. The decision to end 7.2.y early was driven by the high volume of pending stable patches, which would have required maintaining eight separate branches simultaneously.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single announcement from Greg Kroah-Hartman regarding the 7.2.15 kernel release. No specific patch details, dates, or user impact data are provided. The end-of-life status is inferred from the announcement rather than confirmed by additional evidence.

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