Update the LTS section to mention the branch, how LTS support ends and update the currently maintained LTS branches.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> --- 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 -- 2.19.0
