Re: [dpdk-web] [RFC v2] Add LTS section on the roadmap page

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 12:25 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Hi Luca,
> 
> Sorry I forgot this patch you sent one month ago.

No worries.

> 09/02/2018 14:04, Luca Boccassi:
> > +	<h2 id="stable">Stable releases</h2>
> > +	<p>Stable point releases follow mainline releases.
> > +	<p>After each -rc tag and after the final version,
> > relevant bug fixes get
> > +        backported by the stable maintainers into the respective
> > branches in "bursts".
> > +	<p>Developers can provide stable-specific patches by
> > sending them to stable@dpdk.org
> > +        only (avoiding dev@dpdk.org).
> > +	<p>After all the relevant bugfixes have been backported,
> > regression tests are ran,
> > +        and if clear, the stable release is announced.
> > +	<p>Typically a new stable release version follows a
> > mainline release by 1-2 weeks, depending
> > +        on the test results.
> 
> It is a good description of the current process.
> When this patch is applied, I would like to discuss having a first
> stable release before the next major release.

Ok!

> > +	<h3 id="stable">Stable releases roadmap</h3>
> 
> No need for this title if below is a table.
> 
> > +	<p>16.11 is an LTS release, and is going to be maintained
> > by Luca Boccassi until the end of
> > +        2018, with the latest point release following the release
> > of 18.11 in November 2018.
> > +	<p>17.11 is an LTS release, and is going to be maintained
> > by Yuanhan Liu until the end of
> > +        2019, with the latest point release following the release
> > of 19.11 in November 2019.
> 
> We should include non LTS releases and make it a table:
> 	branch    next version    date    end of life    maintainer

Ok, done in v3, please have a look.

The release dates are tentative of course - I picked the mainline
release + 2 weeks.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi