I pushed this to the main branch.
On 1/27/22 20:01, Han Zhou wrote:
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 1:40 PM Mark Michelson <mmich...@redhat.com
<mailto:mmich...@redhat.com>> wrote:
>
> OVN LTS releases have a lot of ambiguity, so this is intended to codify
> LTS support and cadence.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <mmich...@redhat.com
<mailto:mmich...@redhat.com>>
> ---
> Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 28 +++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> index f37c09e51..9db6e7494 100644
> --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> @@ -75,16 +75,24 @@ Scheduling`_ for the timing of each stage:
> 2019.10.2, and so on. The process is the same for these
additional release
> as for a .0 release.
>
> -At most two release branches are formally maintained at any given
time: the
> -latest release and the latest release designed as LTS. An LTS
release is one
> -that the OVN project has designated as being maintained for a longer
period of
> -time. Currently, an LTS release is maintained until the next LTS is
chosen.
> -There is not currently a strict guideline on how often a new LTS
release is
> -chosen, but so far it has been about every 2 years. That could
change based on
> -the current state of OVN development. For example, we do not want
to designate
> -a new release as LTS that includes disruptive internal changes, as
that may
> -make it harder to support for a longer period of time. Discussion about
> -choosing the next LTS release occurs on the OVS development mailing
list.
> +Long-term Support Releases
> +--------------------------
> +
> +The OVN project will periodically designate a release as "long-term
support" or
> +LTS for short. An LTS release has the distinction of being
maintained for
> +longer than a standard release.
> +
> +LTS releases will receive bug fixes until the point that another LTS is
> +released. At that point, the old LTS will receive an additional year of
> +critical and security fixes. Critical fixes are those that are
required to
> +ensure basic operation (e.g. memory leak fixes, crash fixes).
Security fixes
> +are those that address concerns about exploitable flaws in OVN and
that have a
> +corresponding CVE report.
> +
> +LTS releases are scheduled to be released once every two years. This
means
> +that any given LTS will receive bug fix support for two years,
followed by
> +one year of critical bug fixes and security fixes.
> +
>
> Release Numbering
> -----------------
> --
> 2.31.1
>
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