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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Suggestions for the dpdk stable tree
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Hi,

On 05/20/2016 04:54 PM, Christian Ehrhardt wrote:
> Hi,
> it would be great to have an actively maintained LTS release.
> 
> Clearly all us "Distribution People" like Panu, Me and a few others should
> - whenever bugs are identified as potential backports - start the
> discussion.
> And having an stable-maintainer on the other end sounds great.
> 
> The active maintainer you provide would do the usual auto-backport of fixes
> once they come up upstream.
> While us others would provide input from real exposure to users that flows
> in via bug tracking tools.
> 
> Looking forward for you coming back to the list once you have found one.

Yes that sounds like a very good idea indeed!

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markos

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