The number of reported security vulnerabilities has gone up drastically. And so has the frequency, number, and volume of security patches. Which also makes the gap between fully supported distributions and ones with only partial security support larger. (Not every distribution provides full security upddates for the full announced life time of a release.)
How are you folks reacting to this?
Even if we assume every patch to an existing bug is perfect and doesn’t cause other issues somewhere else.
This still only applies if the kernel stays static/not adding features or support for new hardware.