From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB14438F0; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:18:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85CCB40298; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:18:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F135C4014F for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:18:57 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1705508337; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BN6C1jYnEeIs0JE47L6Ebk4kAG7Bq8kuwB3547qytuk=; b=GtoavY5cEMBP+hxsDiH0kKjoH5m81dOmdgtpzcM/y+nccOeNwGNGoH6a/fe4JPHeVxenuG 4OOSBOvG66GdcBGdiMT9pq/08Gdluue/N2qLn65nMrv6uaLcDUxIojmHei/OQ2FN0SS1Bs pmynA+djKULufik+E7y61JC8yY0BG20= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-99-erctE8UlNsquZoZEynlx9w-1; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:18:51 -0500 X-MC-Unique: erctE8UlNsquZoZEynlx9w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DB871064CD8; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rh.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.43]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB596C15E6C; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:18:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Kevin Traynor To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: bluca@debian.org, thomas@monjalon.net, david.marchand@redhat.com, christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com, xuemingl@nvidia.com, ferruh.yigit@amd.com, john.mcnamara@intel.com, techboard@dpdk.org, Kevin Traynor Subject: [PATCH] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:18:04 +0000 Message-ID: <20240117161804.223582-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.8 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; x-default=true X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org The existing official policy was to maintain LTS releases for 2 years. 19.11 and 20.11 LTS releases were maintained for 3 years and there was not significant issues caused by code divergence from main etc. Update the policy to indicate 3 years maintenance for LTS releases, but note that it dependents on community support. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor --- doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst index 8156b72b20..289769a61d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst @@ -54,5 +54,6 @@ LTS Release A stable release can be designated as an LTS release based on community agreement and a commitment from a maintainer. The current policy is that each -year's November (X.11) release will be maintained as an LTS for 2 years. +year's November (X.11) release will be maintained as an LTS for 3 years, +however that is dependent on continued community support for validation. After the X.11 release, an LTS branch will be created for it at -- 2.43.0