From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6598E1B53E for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 16:06:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78AEB42DFA; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:06:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ktraynor.remote.csb (unknown [10.33.36.135]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA643171AE; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:06:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Kevin Traynor To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com Cc: aconole@redhat.com, Kevin Traynor Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:06:38 +0000 Message-Id: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:06:52 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update LTS section X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:06:53 -0000 Update the LTS section to mention the branch, how LTS support ends and update the currently maintained LTS branches. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor --- doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst index 2ac4f0a88..f1743aeb0 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ 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 release will be maintained as an LTS for 2 years. +year's November (X.11) release will be maintained as an LTS for 2 years. -The current DPDK LTS releases are 16.11 and 17.11. +After the X.11 release, a LTS branch will be created for it at +http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable where bugfixes will be backported to. It is anticipated that there will be at least 4 releases per year of the LTS @@ -57,4 +58,8 @@ fixes. Releases should be coordinated with the validation engineers to ensure that a tagged release has been tested. +The current maintained LTS branches are 17.11 and 18.11. + +At the end of the 2 years, a final X.11.N release will be made and at that +point the LTS branch will no longer be maintained with no further releases. What changes should be backported -- 2.19.0