686-smp kernels old?

[Murray Cumming]

In Dapper, looking at synaptic,

- The latest version of linux-image-686 is 2.6.15.18 (but currently
brings in linux-image-2.6.15-19-686).
- But the latest version of linux-image-686-smp is 2.6.12.16.1 (but
brings in linux-image-2.6.12.10-686-smp).

I perceive that my system is slower when not using a -smp kernel.

Is there a good reason that the smp kernels are so far behind? I fear
that I'd lose a lot of bug fixes if I stayed with those old -smp
versions.

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