From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aaron Conole Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update LTS section Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:22:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org, bluca@debian.org, yskoh@mellanox.com To: Kevin Traynor 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) In-Reply-To: <20190207150638.11751-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> (Kevin Traynor's message of "Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:06:38 +0000") List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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