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From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: LTS and stable release scheme
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 14:15:10 +0100
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On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 12:07:58PM +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> A majority of developers express interests in trying a shorter release
> cycle -- to change from 9 months to 6 months [0]. There are, however,
> repercussions on how we manage stable and possible LTS releases.
> 
> I start this thread hoping it's clearer that downstream consumers like
> distributions and individual packagers can voice their opinions. I've
> CC'ed some people I can think of who might be interested in this topic.
> Feel free to CC more people.
> 
> We don't have LTS scheme at the moment. Let me start with current
> scheme for stable releases.
> 
>  - Release from xen-unstable every 9 months.
>  - Maintain last 3 releases as stable releases.
> 

Important correction, according to 

http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_Maintenance_Releases

A stable release is supported fully for 18 months + 18 months security
updates.

This changes some numbers the following calculations. But I think the
premises for following discussions are still the same.

Wei.