[PATCH] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[PATCH] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[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

[PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[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

RE: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Raslan Darawsheh]

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

RE: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Mcnamara, John]

> 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>

Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Thomas Monjalon]

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?

RE: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Morten Brørup]

> 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>

Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Luca Boccassi]

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>

Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Kevin Traynor]

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.

Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Kevin Traynor]

Ping Xueming/Christian,

Any comment on this, can you ack if you think it's a good idea ?

On 28/03/2024 10:25, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 

Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Xueming Li]

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LGTM

Acked-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
________________________________
From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 5:12 PM
To: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>; Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Cc: NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL) <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev@dpdk.org <dev@dpdk.org>; david.marchand@redhat.com <david.marchand@redhat.com>; christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>; Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>; ferruh.yigit@amd.com <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>; john.mcnamara@intel.com <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; techboard@dpdk.org <techboard@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

Ping Xueming/Christian,

Any comment on this, can you ack if you think it's a good idea ?

On 28/03/2024 10:25, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> 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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Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years

[Kevin Traynor]

On 23/05/2024 10:15, Xueming Li wrote:
> LGTM
> 
> Acked-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
> ________________________________
> From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 5:12 PM
> To: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>; Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
> Cc: NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL) <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev@dpdk.org <dev@dpdk.org>; david.marchand@redhat.com <david.marchand@redhat.com>; christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>; Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>; ferruh.yigit@amd.com <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>; john.mcnamara@intel.com <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; techboard@dpdk.org <techboard@dpdk.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
> 
> Ping Xueming/Christian,
> 
> Any comment on this, can you ack if you think it's a good idea ?
> 
> On 28/03/2024 10:25, Kevin Traynor wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 

Summarizing the Acks on this patch...

This has Acks from reps from the companies involved with validating LTS
releases, Nvidia (Raslan), Intel (John), Red Hat (Kevin implicit) and
current LTS maintainers Luca, Xueming, Kevin.

It has also has an Ack from Morten and as it is a policy change, it was
approved by the techboard at the last meeting.

thanks,
Kevin.