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docs/device-categorization: add kernel upgrading requirement

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As per
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/postmarketos/-/issues/119,
we want to require kernel packages used by community devices to be
upgraded regularly, so add the proposed requirement in our
categorization requirements.

Signed-off-by: Jens Reidel <adrian@postmarketos.org>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/7104>
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@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/postmarketos/-/issues/25[postmarket
device per SoC is enough for community devices, but of course more is better)
* 2021-11 and later: track record of upgrading the kernel, device kernel or SoC
kernel must at least have been upgraded through 3 kernel releases
* Kernel must be upgraded regularly; the kernel version used by the device may not
be older than 6 months. The age of the kernel version is determined by the date
the release was
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/refs/tags[tagged]
upstream by Linus Torvalds or the stable kernel maintainers.
For e.g. version 6.12.3, the date would be that of the specific patch release,
not that of the initial 6.12 release
Regarding device features (calls working, camera, ...), there is not a fixed
feature set (so for users, don't assume that everything works, look at the
@ -69,7 +76,6 @@ The purpose of community is to increase visibility of devices that:
* Are (and stay) working quite well (i.e. they are useful in some way and are
tested occasionally to find and fix regressions)
* Are still being improved or are considered completed at some point
* Are (and stay) overall in good shape
See also: See also:
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/postmarketos/-/issues/24[postmarketos#24]