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 DA0FE1B53F for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 16:22:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25225811DA; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25.97.bos.redhat.com (ovpn-121-85.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.121.85]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41CE662959; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:22:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Aaron Conole To: Kevin Traynor Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com References: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:22:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> (Kevin Traynor's message of "Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:06:38 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [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 15:22:04 -0000 Kevin Traynor writes: > Update the LTS section to mention the branch, how LTS support ends > and update the currently maintained LTS branches. > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor > --- Looks good. Just noticed that there's some grammar discrepancy (I see mixing 'an LTS' and 'a LTS' - then again, acronyms always read funny with articles). Just a funny thing. Acked-by: Aaron Conole > 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