[PR PATCH] [RFC] note the kernel series each metapackage follows

[classabbyamp <classabbyamp@users.noreply.github.com>]

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There is a new pull request by classabbyamp against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/classabbyamp/void-packages linux-meta
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/53137

[RFC] note the kernel series each metapackage follows
The current kernel metapackage policy is:

- `linux-mainline`: follows the latest available kernel
- `linux`: follows the latest available kernel that supports popular dkms modules, like `zfs` and `nvidia`
- `linux-lts`: follows an LTS release and is behind `linux`

In recent times, kernels have been released and gone EOL faster than `zfs` can release build fixes, and `nvidia` in particular has had trouble with recent kernels, holding us back from bumping `linux` to 6.10 or 6.11. In the recent past, we've had `linux` point to a kernel that was already EOL (6.3 or 6.5), so we risked not getting backports for important fixes.

I propose the following changes:

- `linux-mainline`: no change
- `linux`: follows the latest LTS release
- `linux-lts`: follows the second-latest LTS release

This should help us keep `linux` on a supported kernel and provide a more reliable indicator for when we can update the default kernel series, I think.

@void-linux/pkg-committers, thoughts?


A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/53137.patch is attached

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From d7b85d3d4203c7626ca700b7dd7add3fc392e020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:22:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] linux: note that it follows the latest LTS release

---
 srcpkgs/linux/template | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux/template b/srcpkgs/linux/template
index b42a1f00cdf7fb..0b51c561d73d31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux/template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'linux'
+# this package should follow the latest LTS kernel listed on kernel.org
 pkgname=linux
 version=6.6
 revision=1

From 4f47d80faf36a4881f983de7f12065dc8c87ea52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:22:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] linux-lts: note that it follows the second-latest LTS
 release

---
 srcpkgs/linux-lts/template | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux-lts/template b/srcpkgs/linux-lts/template
index 638ad8aa7af01f..e9f2653b4c7683 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux-lts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux-lts/template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'linux-lts'
+# this package should follow the second-latest LTS kernel listed on kernel.org
 pkgname=linux-lts
 version=6.1
 revision=1

From 2bbbcc3d03f03cf9e6c100abd80e3df2962019ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:23:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] linux-mainline: note that it follows the latest mainline
 release

---
 srcpkgs/linux-mainline/template | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux-mainline/template b/srcpkgs/linux-mainline/template
index 7a07d69df76ef3..01597eec076d58 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux-mainline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux-mainline/template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'linux-mainline'
+# this package should follow the latest mainline kernel listed on kernel.org
 pkgname=linux-mainline
 version=6.11
 revision=1