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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:18:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arch ([213.219.153.196]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49ce5941cb4sm88671395e9.4.2026.09.04.05.18.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:18:22 -0700 (PDT) To: Thomas Perale Cc: buildroot@buildroot.org Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:18:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20260904121822.405041-1-thomas.perale@mind.be> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260811120530.130487-1-thomas.perale@mind.be> References: <20260811120530.130487-1-thomas.perale@mind.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [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" In reply of: > 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 Applied to 2025.02.x & 2026.05.x. Thanks > --- > 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 _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot