On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:22 AM Mark Michelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Upcoming changes to the documentation will add documentation for > standard term support versions and will document a policy for when > releases are made for these versions. Our current use of "release" in > the documentation is interchangeable with "version" but upcoming changes > will differentiate these more clearly. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <[email protected]> > --- > Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 12 ++++++------ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > index dd19744f9..9a178e6b9 100644 > --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > @@ -77,21 +77,21 @@ Scheduling`_ for the timing of each stage: > > .. _long-term-support: > > -Long-term Support Releases > +Long-term Support Versions > -------------------------- > > -The OVN project will periodically designate a release as "long-term support" or > -LTS for short. An LTS release has the distinction of being maintained for > -longer than a standard release. > +The OVN project will periodically designate a version as "long-term support" or > +LTS for short. An LTS version has the distinction of being maintained for > +longer than a standard version. >
Shall we actually say "branch" instead of "version" or "release"? For my understanding LTS is for the branch, including any versions released from that branch. Thanks, Han > -LTS releases will receive bug fixes until the point that another LTS is > +LTS versions will receive bug fixes until the point that another LTS is > released. At that point, the old LTS will receive an additional year of > critical and security fixes. Critical fixes are those that are required to > ensure basic operation (e.g. memory leak fixes, crash fixes). Security fixes > are those that address concerns about exploitable flaws in OVN and that have a > corresponding CVE report. > > -LTS releases are scheduled to be released once every two years. This means > +LTS versions are scheduled to be created once every two years. This means > that any given LTS will receive bug fix support for two years, followed by > one year of critical bug fixes and security fixes. > > -- > 2.39.2 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
