Re: [PATCH] docs: simplify and clarify the platform support rules

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

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:28:51PM -0400, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 04:56:06PM +0100, 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 <berrange@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
> [...]
> > +Linux OS, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
> > +-----------------------------------------
> [...]
> > +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.
> 
> Shouldn't we mention NetBSD and OpenBSD too?

Hmm, yes, i updated the section heading but not the text

Regards,
Daniel
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