On 17/09/2020 17.56, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > The distinction between short life and long life Linux distributions > turned out to be redundant. They can both be covered in a simple way > by noting support will target the current release, and the previous > release for a period of two years or until its EOL. This rule can also > apply to the other UNIX based distros, leaving only Windows needing a > different set of rules. > > This also clarifies that Debian LTS is out of scope, because the LTS > support is provided by a separate group from the main Debian maintainer > team. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> > --- > > This is a spin off from the Python 3.5 thread > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg06358.html > > docs/system/build-platforms.rst | 59 ++++++++++----------------------- > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/system/build-platforms.rst b/docs/system/build-platforms.rst > index 9734eba2f1..03d2fd217f 100644 > --- a/docs/system/build-platforms.rst > +++ b/docs/system/build-platforms.rst > @@ -29,51 +29,28 @@ The Repology site https://repology.org is a useful > resource to identify > currently shipped versions of software in various operating systems, > though it does not cover all distros listed below. > > -Linux OS > --------- > +Linux OS, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD > +----------------------------------------- > > -For distributions with frequent, short-lifetime releases, the project > -will aim to support all versions that are not end of life by their > -respective vendors. For the purposes of identifying supported software > -versions, the project will look at Fedora, Ubuntu, and openSUSE distros. > -Other short- lifetime distros will be assumed to ship similar software > -versions. > +The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. > Support > +for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major
I hope it is clear that for Ubuntu, major version means LTS and not each and every bi-annual release? > +version is released or when the vendor itself drops support, whichever comes > +first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a > distro > +are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian > LTS). > > -For distributions with long-lifetime releases, the project will aim to > -support the most recent major version at all times. Support for the > -previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major > -version is released, or when it reaches "end of life". For the purposes > -of identifying supported software versions, the project will look at > -RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu LTS, and SLES distros. Other long-lifetime distros > -will be assumed to ship similar software versions. > +For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on > Linux, > +the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and > +Ubuntu LTS. Other distros will be assumed to ship similar software versions. Ok, here you explicitly state Ubuntu LTS, so I think it should be clear. > -Windows > -------- > - > -The project supports building with current versions of the MinGW > -toolchain, hosted on Linux. > - > -macOS > ------ > - > -The project supports building with the two most recent versions of > -macOS, with the current Homebrew package set available. > +For FreeBSD, decisions will be made based on the contents of the ports tree; > +for macOS, `HomeBrew`_ will be used, although `MacPorts`_ is expected to > carry > +similar versions. > > -FreeBSD > +Windows > ------- > > -The project aims to support all versions which are not end of > -life. > - > -NetBSD > ------- > - > -The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. > -Support for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the > -new major version is released. > - > -OpenBSD > -------- > +The project supports building with current versions of the MinGW toolchain, > +hosted on Linux (Debian/Fedora). > > -The project aims to support all versions which are not end of > -life. > +The version of the Windows API that's currently targeted is Vista / Server > +2008. > Sounds good to me. Acked-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com>
