From: Luca Boccassi Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:28:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: mention 17.11 LTS in contributing guide X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~833 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?p=dpdk.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5768fa9de2ef43bfb4d4e6d17971bbf0c25b6238 doc: mention 17.11 LTS in contributing guide Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon --- diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst index d52ec4772f..0f2f1f375a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ LTS Release ----------- A stable release can be designated as an LTS release based on community -agreement and a commitment from a maintainer. An LTS release will have a -maintenance duration of 2 years. +agreement and a commitment from a maintainer. The current policy is that each +year's November release will be maintained as an LTS for 2 years. -The current DPDK LTS release is 16.11. +The current DPDK LTS releases are 16.11 and 17.11. It is anticipated that there will be at least 4 releases per year of the LTS or approximately 1 every 3 months. However, the cadence can be shorter or