From: <daniel.turull@ericsson.com>
To: <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Cc: <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>, <paul@pbarker.dev>,
<Randy.MacLeod@windriver.com>,
Daniel Turull <daniel.turull@ericsson.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual/release-process: clarifiy upstream criteria for stable
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:32:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724153231.48828-1-daniel.turull@ericsson.com> (raw)
From: Daniel Turull <daniel.turull@ericsson.com>
Make explicit that we either Upstream maintainer confirmation or
Clear historical or common-sense evidence.
See discussion in:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/a5d35ab2c3edde68e4edf81ecf48ce5edeb8fb37.camel@ericsson.com/
Signed-off-by: Daniel Turull <daniel.turull@ericsson.com>
---
documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
index 0959e5fc7..128be6b33 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ following criteria:
third part (e.g. ``2.41.3`` to ``2.41.4``) are stable point releases.
Similarly, systemd maintains ``stable/v259-stable``.
+And at least one of the following:
+
2. **Upstream maintainer confirmation** --- the upstream project's maintainer
explicitly confirms that a bump in a certain part of the version is
bug-fix only.
--
2.43.0
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