> On 10/18/2018 10:46 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > I've had a number of queries from folks lately about our roadmap for > > LTS releases. It has, indeed, been a long time since we've had a > > long-term support release (the current LTS is 2.5). Usually, we've > > done LTS releases before some kind of big architectural change, etc., > > and so we've had no real internal pressure within the project to do it > > for a while. But it might be a good signal to the community to bring > > the LTS release forward. > > > > What does everyone think about making the next (2.11) release an LTS? > > > > I think it's a good idea. The current LTS is quite old now, especially for > the DPDK datapath. There is a new DPDK LTS coming out in November which > should be in for OVS 2.11, so it would be a nice combination for a user to > have LTS support for both.
+1 With regards backporting support for LTS releases, I take it LTS takes priority over non LTS branches, that would be the only difference I would think? In fairness I think the community is pretty good as is for backporting bug fixes for all branches. Ian > > thanks, > Kevin. > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben. > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > disc...@openvswitch.org > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > disc...@openvswitch.org > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
