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Documentation: process: replace outdated LTS table w/ link

The existing table was a bit outdated.

3.16 was EOL in 2020.
4.4 was EOL in 2022.

5.10 is new in 2020.
5.15 is new in 2021.

We'll see if 6.1 becomes LTS in 2022.

Rather than keep this table updated, it does duplicate information from
multiple kernel.org pages. Make one less duplication site that needs to
be updated and simply refer to the kernel.org page on releases.

Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com>
Suggested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20221014171040.849726-1-ndesaulniers%40google.com
Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks (Microsoft) <code@tyhicks.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221014171040.849726-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Documentation/process/2.Process.rst
··· 126 126 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release. 127 127 128 128 Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support 129 - for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels 130 - and their maintainers are: 129 + for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active 130 + long term kernel versions and their maintainers: 131 131 132 - ====== ================================ ======================= 133 - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel) 134 - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel) 135 - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin 136 - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin 137 - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin 138 - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin 139 - ====== ================================ ======================= 132 + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html 140 133 141 134 The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a 142 135 maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There