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* [PATCH] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
@ 2024-01-17 16:18 Kevin Traynor
  2024-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH v2] " Kevin Traynor
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Traynor @ 2024-01-17 16:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev
  Cc: bluca, thomas, david.marchand, christian.ehrhardt, xuemingl,
	ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara, techboard, Kevin Traynor

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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>
---
 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


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* [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-01-17 16:18 [PATCH] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years Kevin Traynor
@ 2024-01-17 16:24 ` Kevin Traynor
  2024-01-23  7:55   ` Raslan Darawsheh
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Traynor @ 2024-01-17 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev
  Cc: bluca, thomas, david.marchand, christian.ehrhardt, xuemingl,
	ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara, techboard, Kevin Traynor

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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>

---

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


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* RE: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH v2] " Kevin Traynor
@ 2024-01-23  7:55   ` Raslan Darawsheh
  2024-03-21 14:38   ` Mcnamara, John
  2024-03-24 23:14   ` Thomas Monjalon
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Raslan Darawsheh @ 2024-01-23  7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kevin Traynor, dev
  Cc: bluca, NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL),
	david.marchand, christian.ehrhardt, Xueming(Steven) Li,
	ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara, techboard

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 6:24 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: bluca@debian.org; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL)
> <thomas@monjalon.net>; david.marchand@redhat.com;
> christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com; Xueming(Steven) Li
> <xuemingl@nvidia.com>; ferruh.yigit@amd.com; john.mcnamara@intel.com;
> techboard@dpdk.org; Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
> 
> 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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> 
Acked-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>

Kindest regards
Raslan Darawsheh

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* RE: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH v2] " Kevin Traynor
  2024-01-23  7:55   ` Raslan Darawsheh
@ 2024-03-21 14:38   ` Mcnamara, John
  2024-03-24 23:14   ` Thomas Monjalon
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Mcnamara, John @ 2024-03-21 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kevin Traynor, dev
  Cc: bluca, thomas, Marchand, David, christian.ehrhardt, xuemingl,
	ferruh.yigit, techboard



> From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> ...
> Update the policy to indicate 3 years maintenance for LTS releases, but
> note that it depends on community support.

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>


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* Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH v2] " Kevin Traynor
  2024-01-23  7:55   ` Raslan Darawsheh
  2024-03-21 14:38   ` Mcnamara, John
@ 2024-03-24 23:14   ` Thomas Monjalon
  2024-03-25 10:02     ` Morten Brørup
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Monjalon @ 2024-03-24 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev
  Cc: bluca, david.marchand, christian.ehrhardt, xuemingl,
	ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara, techboard, Kevin Traynor

17/01/2024 17:24, Kevin Traynor:
> 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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>

More opinions, comments or acks?



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* RE: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-03-24 23:14   ` Thomas Monjalon
@ 2024-03-25 10:02     ` Morten Brørup
  2024-03-28 10:01       ` Luca Boccassi
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Morten Brørup @ 2024-03-25 10:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Monjalon, dev, Kevin Traynor
  Cc: bluca, david.marchand, christian.ehrhardt, xuemingl,
	ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara, techboard

> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Monday, 25 March 2024 00.14
> 
> 17/01/2024 17:24, Kevin Traynor:
> > 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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> 
> More opinions, comments or acks?

It is an improvement.

Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>


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* Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-03-25 10:02     ` Morten Brørup
@ 2024-03-28 10:01       ` Luca Boccassi
  2024-03-28 10:25         ` Kevin Traynor
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Luca Boccassi @ 2024-03-28 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Morten Brørup
  Cc: Thomas Monjalon, dev, Kevin Traynor, david.marchand,
	christian.ehrhardt, xuemingl, ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara,
	techboard

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 10:02, Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> > Sent: Monday, 25 March 2024 00.14
> >
> > 17/01/2024 17:24, Kevin Traynor:
> > > 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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> >
> > More opinions, comments or acks?
>
> It is an improvement.
>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>

Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>

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* Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
  2024-03-28 10:01       ` Luca Boccassi
@ 2024-03-28 10:25         ` Kevin Traynor
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Traynor @ 2024-03-28 10:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luca Boccassi, Morten Brørup
  Cc: Thomas Monjalon, dev, david.marchand, christian.ehrhardt,
	xuemingl, ferruh.yigit, john.mcnamara, techboard

On 28/03/2024 10:01, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 10:02, Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
>>> Sent: Monday, 25 March 2024 00.14
>>>
>>> 17/01/2024 17:24, Kevin Traynor:
>>>> 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 <ktraynor@redhat.com>
>>>
>>> More opinions, comments or acks?
>>
>> It is an improvement.
>>
>> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> 

Xueming/Christian - any comments on this ?

If it sounds ok, can you Ack ?

thanks,
Kevin.




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