Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] docs/manual: update 'releases' to reflect LTS changes

[Fiona Klute via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hi Thomas!

Am 27.07.26 um 14:55 schrieb Thomas Perale:
> 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 <thomas.perale@mind.be>
> ---
>   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..ca64bd18b3 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 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 ...
> + - Stable 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.
> +Stable releases are supported until the next release, e.g., 2025.05.x is EOL
> +when 2025.08 is released.

I think "stable releases" is redundant and possibly confusing. All 
releases are meant to be stable, the difference is support duration. 
"Other releases" fits well in this context, in general "regular 
releases" or "non-LTS releases" should be clearer.

Best regards,
Fiona

> +See the table at https://lts.buildroot.org/#releases[lts.buildroot.org].
>   
>   === Development
>   

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