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dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=mind.be X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=mind.be header.i=@mind.be header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=google header.b=SZnILw3w Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v3] docs/manual: update 'releases' to reflect LTS changes X-BeenThere: buildroot@buildroot.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Thomas Perale via buildroot Reply-To: Thomas Perale Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@buildroot.org Sender: "buildroot" With the release of 2025.02, LTS releases are now made every two years with a 3-year support. This reflect the table showed at https://lts.buildroot.org/#releases. Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale --- v1 --> v2: Took the suggestion from https://lore.kernel.org/r/ v2 --> v3: Took the suggestion from https://lore.kernel.org/r/<393511ee-1b43-4e3c-bc64-e71c1d900c0a@gmx.de> . All the releases are stable and divided in two categories: LTS & non-LTS. Also updated the lts website page to reflect those changes. --- docs/manual/release-engineering.adoc | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/release-engineering.adoc b/docs/manual/release-engineering.adoc index 0cf38183f9..cbd310d682 100644 --- a/docs/manual/release-engineering.adoc +++ b/docs/manual/release-engineering.adoc @@ -5,19 +5,21 @@ == Release Engineering === Releases -The Buildroot project makes quarterly releases with monthly bugfix -releases. The first release of each year is a long term support -release, LTS. +The Buildroot project makes quarterly stable releases with monthly bugfix +releases. Starting with 2025.02, the first release of every odd-numbered year +is a long-term support (LTS) release supported for three years. - - Quarterly releases: 2020.02, 2020.05, 2020.08, and 2020.11 - - Bugfix releases: 2020.02.1, 2020.02.2, ... - - LTS releases: 2020.02, 2021.02, ... + - LTS releases: 2025.02, 2027.02, 2029.02 ... + - Non-LTS releases: 2025.05, 2025.08, 2025.11, 2026.02, ... + - Bugfix releases: 2025.02.1, 2025.02.2, ... -Releases are supported until the first bugfix release of the next -release, e.g., 2020.05.x is EOL when 2020.08.1 is released. +LTS releases are supported for three years, with a one-year overlap with the +next LTS release, e.g., 2025.02.x is EOL when 2028.02 is released. -LTS releases are supported until the first bugfix release of the next -LTS, e.g., 2020.02.x is supported until 2021.02.1 is released. +Non-LTS releases are supported until the next release, e.g., 2025.05.x is EOL +when 2025.08 is released. + +See the table at https://lts.buildroot.org/#releases[lts.buildroot.org]. === Development -- 2.55.0 _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot