From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Traynor Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: update LTS section Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:39:58 +0000 Message-ID: <20190207153958.12797-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> References: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: aconole@redhat.com, Kevin Traynor To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D2691B54F for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 16:40:11 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Update the LTS section to mention the branch, how LTS support ends and update the currently maintained LTS branches. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor Acked-by: Aaron Conole --- v2: fixed typo 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..48f5f37a8 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, an 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