From patchwork Tue Oct 31 16:28:55 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luca Boccassi X-Patchwork-Id: 31061 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@dpdk.org Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167161B230; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:29:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA1931B225 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:29:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id p75so23816372wmg.3 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:29:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=M8DMivAWONXlgSHhf07atSNZOpX6GIL3PuLIcTc7mCA=; b=k+mTdd1/6KEMPZB5IsOc3qac1PYkplJuRMptjy7Mm5FvfZx0hod3R5GbWCyMhW8GPl JXw+Gl1wvnNY6M3Blu+Zgi+E909t75RIQfv5jGNOnmZzuZqHMVGG4FAk/KpK8RM7CEpl UbjNnojcq+fKNMfVWqoJ9ObasEXmaRINgssYXS6zXEpe7ZuSdQeS4tUnkL1cE3rBf4Gr +N84sA7HaaDSE+2iCmOA0RHiD6/pJXInTG0NXld3sdJO5X7rtymbXjWoIGbiPNH5xhgO 3OmFHGjFApEfQzHqwC9tODME/uveTuy/mSwpJxG7dcnkXuQVX8aKmwkUZsjWtsmo9XmU NbDA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=M8DMivAWONXlgSHhf07atSNZOpX6GIL3PuLIcTc7mCA=; b=OtV0vHTJXyGxGzcwOqS6kyZLcTAtVIqHGaBhlEjFLUntE68uBp71NOgr2a16FIBM+r /pKVGfrgvigTITKQNEPJoK5f81Mx/czv+qaGJaNkq4t5A6W5hmWiX08R+DhnhVQmQ862 x9XzJOzd+SPxhsvZ+xZsq8wKk11WBOec9aQc+rfEGvIFYsHwqR5FOfrB1IG5GpWyls90 Vto38eMPikLQ+lFth9DdL/GYLoll7sJsPP/Thr0LfuzPhNmOxFQbshyG9nCG6PCDHp5l GDOcybxSoh5XCGoyF2JaQGfuYoQ0HVSnRmDp4a6nxC9sZ9E6YE+s3I+XSg1uB3d+RjvW b6Xg== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaV/WfNghE+wE8TEPg4wG1s0KHYSmtUtuIyFtzUpCfDcppolet5D Ws0AdCcQKPqoYuT3GdkI6UGVSRXUZI8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+QInjIntlQSvQt9rAI9FUDedklpLpQS8LZcMlHwApDPdfFvp+T//oHc4fiCOHQkPGU28bKo8w== X-Received: by 10.80.202.134 with SMTP id x6mr3668761edh.14.1509467348108; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:29:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([213.251.34.151]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 88sm1385800edq.49.2017.10.31.09.29.06 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:29:07 -0700 (PDT) From: luca.boccassi@gmail.com To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: thomas@monjalon.net, Luca Boccassi Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:28:55 +0000 Message-Id: <20171031162855.5707-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.11.0 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/guides: mention 17.11 LTS in contributing/stable 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" From: Luca Boccassi Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon --- doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst index d52ec4772..0f2f1f375 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ LTS Release ----------- A stable release can be designated as an LTS release based on community -agreement and a commitment from a maintainer. An LTS release will have a -maintenance duration of 2 years. +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. -The current DPDK LTS release is 16.11. +The current DPDK LTS releases are 16.11 and 17.11. It is anticipated that there will be at least 4 releases per year of the LTS or approximately 1 every 3 months. However, the cadence can be shorter or