I'm not sure I get your point. > The future dates you are quoting were recently updated to those dates Nope, I see same dates there (except 4.4 which I didn't

I'm not sure I get your point. > The future dates you are quoting were recently updated to those dates Nope, I see same dates there (except 4.4 which I didn't quote in my above comment contrary to what you seem to be claiming) > also they're just from an unexplained column called "projected EOL Just like the current page: https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > Last year the announced commitment was just 2 years My post quoted other kernels, not 4.4, which this news article is about. My point is that a kernel version doesn't get 6 year treatment for the first time thing as this PR/news piece paints it out.