doc: remove major in designation of normal releases

The word "major" was used to differentiate with release candidates
or stable maintenance releases.
However the word "major" can be understood as "LTS",
so it is less confusing to avoid this word.

Reported-by: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
index 27e4b13be1c47fc13854c869e34311e9ae492de9..550d8dec281e5eab9360bc78145e1d20e100909b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ added to by the developer.
 
   The Release Notes document which features have been added in the current and previous releases of DPDK and highlight
   any known issues.
-  The Releases Notes also contain notifications of features that will change ABI compatibility in the next major release.
+  The Releases Notes also contain notifications of features that will change ABI compatibility in the next release.
 
   Developers should include updates to the Release Notes with patch sets that relate to any of the following sections:
 

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
index 4d38bb8606d2fb5096f977b8a5418b0b0ece0763..90b3d8e44f775a23b26d35c6d52c0a2632ca5c1d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Release to indicate longer term support.
 Stable Releases
 ---------------
 
-Any major release of DPDK can be designated as a Stable Release if a
+Any release of DPDK can be designated as a Stable Release if a
 maintainer volunteers to maintain it and there is a commitment from major
 contributors to validate it before releases. If a release is to be designated
 as a Stable Release, it should be done by 1 month after the master release.