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

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

Hi Luca,

Sorry I forgot this patch you sent one month ago.

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.

> +	<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