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 80440438F0; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:24:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC9C406B4; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:24:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41A044014F for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:24:32 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1705508671; 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: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=HquFpPy8L5xMJpdqHu2BImREVZmRxsfDcTvHKnnhaEQ=; b=eUDv4V0QMtKK8YxQ26ir1WxJUtf9lOkpB4IbE2WQ7F4iCPti9pi0uWO7SHf16/75civ52P hlMHjh6iZnAuWmQNWIrABIyXkW5R62Ku4JniaBFG+4zZos6cR5Vjk0kBqyg4zRdqV18XDG qgnvJsPH0erqaYWyJl7GgdN5afasduY= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx-ext.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-654-7v5RU1VoPYOp088NJt_BRg-1; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:24:28 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 7v5RU1VoPYOp088NJt_BRg-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 70DD73C29A66; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:24:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rh.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.43]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EE0C15E6C; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:24:25 +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 v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:24:19 +0000 Message-ID: <20240117162419.223820-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20240117161804.223582-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> References: <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 depends on community support. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor --- v2: fix typo in commit message --- 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