From 7d66f145741760d7ac50d45a99acd523896598e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 07:22:22 +0200 Subject: ref-manual: LTS releases now supported for 4 years (From yocto-docs rev: 6676ab2c6a1fd8cc2ad7b3e2da98f95118524c61) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 21 ++++++++++----------- documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst index 50e7d39629..c861feaa9d 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst @@ -96,22 +96,21 @@ While stable releases are supported for a duration of seven months, some specific ones are now supported for a longer period by the Yocto Project, and are called Long Term Support (:term:`LTS`) releases. -This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, that -the project committed to supporting until the next :term:`LTS` release was out. -This next :term:`LTS` release, version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released in May 2022 -and offered with two years of support too. - -However, as an experiment, support for "Dunfell" was extended to four years, until -April 2024, therefore offering more stability to projects and leaving more time -to upgrade to the latest :term:`LTS` release. The project hasn't made any commitment to -extending "Kirkstone" support too, as this will also depend on available funding -for such an effort. - When significant issues are found, :term:`LTS` releases allow to publish fixes not only for the current stable release, but also to the :term:`LTS` releases that are still supported. Older stable releases which have reached their End of Life (EOL) won't receive such updates. +This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, which +the project initially committed to supporting for two years, but this duration +was later extended to four years. Similarly, the following :term:`LTS` release, +version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released two years later in May 2022 and the +project committed to supporting it for four years too. + +Therefore, a new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported +for four years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more +time to upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release. + See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management of stable and :term:`LTS` releases. diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index b5d5f1dbdf..31ddeae009 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: :term:`LTS` This term means "Long Term Support", and in the context of the Yocto Project, it corresponds to selected stable releases for which bug and - security fixes are provided for at least two years. See + security fixes are provided for at least four years. See the :ref:`ref-long-term-support-releases` section for details. :term:`Metadata` -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf