From patchwork Thu Jul 20 13:00:08 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 27750 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04541EB64DA for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (relay9-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.199]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.12263.1689858013906071290 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:00:14 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=JjLaeHgS; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.199, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 029C4FF804; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1689858012; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=y367jgj6tSxyYUGdoChWb757QUiPU81YqAh/WdPkbvQ=; b=JjLaeHgSqCgJQgAy9qRci4HxgEvgsG9pqbfM3G1UFFtedMYXpdq7ByT5cNvKy0FIrgx1PP Zd6WfU8iSVQNvEHiAFD8iNG6dFYsdRFirGbeeB3O1leVb/yBoTRY/eYNKkAKbEBJa5hVYE p7b804sxGVyWl4JAe9t3vCOzCMoUaKE3IpDFzJij7lFZ/uLw5b9BSv5xXi3Ne7ICI5DzKk 5x+eWXyf8QlCSF6J8hYhAt9RjBnqba3ghyZgnFxDHDrnj/sq8tD9BKQ1T0VPwxnuwBegyG PVsgC3taYfNV1zfbHu9Lg6qChX4RJvhqG++hqqarUUPEhWxTxtck1s5Spo/CGw== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker Subject: [PATCH] [mickledore] ref-manual: LTS releases now supported for 4 years Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:00:08 +0200 Message-Id: <20230720130008.334508-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-GND-Sasl: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:16 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/4072 From: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker --- documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 21 ++++++++++---------- documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst index 2ffbd935c7..81c0cdb36d 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst @@ -96,22 +96,21 @@ While stable releases are supported for a duration of seven months, some specific ones are now supported for a longer period by the Yocto Project, and are called Long Term Support (:term:`LTS`) releases. -This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, that -the project committed to supporting until the next :term:`LTS` release was out. -This next :term:`LTS` release, version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released in May 2022 -and offered with two years of support too. - -However, as an experiment, support for "Dunfell" was extended to four years, until -April 2024, therefore offering more stability to projects and leaving more time -to upgrade to the latest :term:`LTS` release. The project hasn't made any commitment to -extending "Kirkstone" support too, as this will also depend on available funding -for such an effort. - When significant issues are found, :term:`LTS` releases allow to publish fixes not only for the current stable release, but also to the :term:`LTS` releases that are still supported. Older stable releases which have reached their End of Life (EOL) won't receive such updates. +This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, which +the project initially committed to supporting for two years, but this duration +was later extended to four years. Similarly, the following :term:`LTS` release, +version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released two years later in May 2022 and the +project committed to supporting it for four years too. + +Therefore, a new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported +for four years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more +time to upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release. + See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management of stable and :term:`LTS` releases. diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index 8f7281676c..046eed6359 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: :term:`LTS` This term means "Long Term Support", and in the context of the Yocto Project, it corresponds to selected stable releases for which bug and - security fixes are provided for at least two years. See + security fixes are provided for at least four years. See the :ref:`ref-long-term-support-releases` section for details. :term:`Metadata`