[v2] doc: update LTS maintenance to 3 years
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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>
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v2: fix typo in commit message
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doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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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
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> 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
> 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>
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?
> 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>
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>
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.
@@ -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