Nathan, that's not what I mean.Look at this comment from Alin and discussion
below it: https://github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/15789#issuecomment-2648017787


wt., 11 lut 2025 o 21:33 Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com>
napisał(a):

> There will be regular releases as well and if I am understanding correctly,
> all PRs that are accepted will go to a regular release, and in addition,
> those that are important bugfixes or security will be backported to the LTS
> release also. So it's not that PRs would be harder to accept, just that
> we'll be a bit more careful about which ones will be backported to the
> stable, LTS releases.
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM raiden00pl <raiden0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I personally don't care about LTS releases and it seems to me that Nuttx
> > doesn't
> > have the resources for it. But if there are people willing to work on
> this
> > this,
> > I wish them good luck. What I don't like is the fact that the new PR
> > requirements
> > for LTS will make life as difficult as possible for contributors.
> > Compensating for
> > lack of resources by making it harder for contributors is the wrong
> > approach.
> >
> >
> > wt., 11 lut 2025 o 15:07 Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com>
> > napisał(a):
> >
> > > I also think LTS point releases should focus on bugfixes and security
> > only,
> > > to ensure the maximum stability.
> > >
> > > Nathan
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM Sebastien Lorquet <
> sebast...@lorquet.fr>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I agree. Only bugfixes, criticity threshold to be determined, but new
> > > > features seem unnecessary to me.
> > > >
> > > > Sebastien
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11/02/2025 12:43, Tiago Medicci Serrano wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would make the scope even more restricted. Considering an LTS
> > should
> > > be
> > > > > 100% compatible with an existing defconfig, it should not add new
> > > drivers
> > > > > and new HW. I propose it to contain only bugfixes and security
> > patches.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Em ter., 11 de fev. de 2025 às 08:27, Alin Jerpelea <
> > > jerpe...@gmail.com>
> > > > > escreveu:
> > > > >
> > > > >> I propose that for our first LTS we start with a small scope and
> we
> > > > >> backport only fixes, new hw and drivers
> > > > >>
> > > > >> For the future releases we may consider expanding the scope if the
> > > > workload
> > > > >> permits
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What do you think ?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM Laczen JMS <laczen...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Hi Alin,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I also encourage this. I would start by defining what is expected
> > > from
> > > > a
> > > > >>> LTS:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> A LTS release of NuttX is a release that will be maintained and
> > > > >>> supported over a longer period of time (1 year).
> > > > >>> LTS updates are mainly focused on bugfixes that where discovered
> > and
> > > > >>> corrected during the support period.
> > > > >>> These bugfixes will be backported to the LTS release.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Should new features and hardware be allowed in a LTS? If so, how
> > many
> > > > >>> releases should they have been in?
> > > > >>> Many users will keep there own defconfig for a certain product,
> > > should
> > > > >>> they remain valid? If so are Kconfig changes allowed?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Anyhow thanks for the proposal,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Jehudi
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Op di 11 feb 2025 om 10:02 schreef Michael Jung <
> > > > michael.j...@secore.ly
> > > > >>> :
> > > > >>>> Hello Alin,
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> I would love to see this, as it would make maintaining our
> product
> > > > much
> > > > >>>> easier.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Thanks for the proposal.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Michael
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM Alin Jerpelea <
> jerpe...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > >>> wrote:
> > > > >>>>> Hi all,
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> there have been suggestions that we should create LTS releases
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> I propose that we mark every Q1 (match) release as a LTS
> release
> > > and
> > > > >>>>> maintain it for 2 years. this would always ensure a fresh LTS
> > > > >>> overlapping
> > > > >>>>> the old one and allowing the users to migrate the code to the
> new
> > > > >>> release.
> > > > >>>>> What do you think?
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Best regards
> > > > >>>>> Alin
> > > > >>>>>
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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