Linux kernel version support policy

[Aaro Koskinen]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:02:43PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> 2.6.16 ceased to be maintained in July 2009, according to Wikipedia 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Maintenance>.  Should we have 
> a policy on how long after a long-term-support Linux kernel version ceases 
> to be maintained we can move the minimum to the next long-term-support 
> version, or such a policy based on distribution releases (or a 
> combination)?

Is it common to upgrade GLIBC but not the kernel? At least I don't think
any distro does that.

A.