Re: Supported Build Platforms (Again) (Was Re: Supported Sphinx Versions)

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:43:01PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/14/20 3:53 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> writes:
> > 
> 
> >> Debian:
> >>     8/Jessie: We don't support this anymore AFAIUI.
> > 
> > Correct.
> > 
> > docs/system/build-platforms.rst:
> > 
> >     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".
> > 
> > Debian 8 reached end of life in 2018, one year after 9's release.
> > 
> 
> Debian 8 has "long-term support" until 2020-06-30. I only bring this
> point up because we still list "Debian" under the "long-lifetime
> releases" section, but are excluding the version of Debian that has
> "Long-term" in the name.
> 
> Pedantic, yes.
> 
> Is it worth clarifying that we treat Debian as a "long-lifetime" release
> distro, but we do not count their "long-term" support for purposes of
> calculating EOL?

Yes, the listing of Debian as a LTS section is a mistake I made in the
original drafting, which is overdue to clarify/correct.


Regards,
Daniel
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