On 14/10/15 17:27, Mark Hatle wrote: > On 10/14/15 8:28 AM, Chris Simmonds wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there a statement about the period of support for a Yocto release? >> Looking through the updates, it seems that 12 months is typical, a was >> the case for 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 for example, but I cannot see a >> declaration anywhere that this is the expected norm. >> >> Leading on from that, is 12 months enough? Most projects have a >> lifecycle that is much longer. Is there an argument for an LTS Yocto >> release, maybe once a year? If not, what is the recommended way for a >> project developer to keep a distribution up to date in the light of the >> several well-publicised security flaws that have been discovered over >> the last year or so and the new ones that will no doubt be discovered in >> the future? > > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_overall_support_plan_for_the_Yocto_Project.3F > > =What is the release cycle of the Yocto Project?= > Each release of the Yocto Project is subject to its own release schedule > according to the community-maintained Project Planning Guide. It is generally > expected that a new version of the Yocto Project will be released every six > months. > > =What is the overall support plan for the Yocto Project?= > Security patches and critical bug fixes are supplied one release back. No > toolchain or kernel changes are allowed for these updates. Support for longer > periods of time can be supplied by commercial OSVs. > > > > Effectively this means that support is on the last two releases. Releases are > typically released every 6 months. After that point it is usually supported > by > OSVs, or others that offer commercial services. In the past we have done a > few > very late security fixes past the 'last two releases' point, however that has > been for unique situations. > > You should consider keeping current with the Yocto Project releases or > consider > commercial support if you need more then an approx 12 - 18 month support > cycle. > > --Mark >
Thanks, that is all clear now. Chris -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto