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[ovs-dev,5/9] release-process: Add section for standard-term support releases.

Message ID 20230525182217.2280366-6-mmichels@redhat.com
State Superseded
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Series OVN Release Policy Updates | expand

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Commit Message

Mark Michelson May 25, 2023, 6:22 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <mmichels@redhat.com>
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 Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

Comments

Dumitru Ceara May 26, 2023, 12:55 p.m. UTC | #1
On 5/25/23 20:22, Mark Michelson wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <mmichels@redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> index 7c6a72a41..1f4b90143 100644
> --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> @@ -99,6 +99,22 @@ one year of critical bug fixes and security fixes.
>  The current LTS version is documented on the `Long Term Support Releases`__
>  page of `ovn.org`__.
>  
> +Standard-term Support Versions
> +------------------------------
> +
> +Versions of OVN that are not designated as LTS versions are standard-term
> +support releases.
> +
> +Standard term support versions will have releases made regularly for one year.
> +There are no additional windows for which releases will be made for critical
> +or security fixes.
> +
> +The branches for standard term support versions may receive bug fixes and
> +critical and security fixes after the OVN team has stopped creating regular
> +releases. This is strictly to facilitate easy backporting of fixes to LTS
> +versions that are still receiving regular releases. Even though the branch may
> +receive additional fixes, no releases will be made with these fixes.
> +
>  Release Numbering
>  -----------------
>  

Acked-by: Dumitru Ceara <dceara@redhat.com>

Thanks!
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diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
index 7c6a72a41..1f4b90143 100644
--- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
+++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@  one year of critical bug fixes and security fixes.
 The current LTS version is documented on the `Long Term Support Releases`__
 page of `ovn.org`__.
 
+Standard-term Support Versions
+------------------------------
+
+Versions of OVN that are not designated as LTS versions are standard-term
+support releases.
+
+Standard term support versions will have releases made regularly for one year.
+There are no additional windows for which releases will be made for critical
+or security fixes.
+
+The branches for standard term support versions may receive bug fixes and
+critical and security fixes after the OVN team has stopped creating regular
+releases. This is strictly to facilitate easy backporting of fixes to LTS
+versions that are still receiving regular releases. Even though the branch may
+receive additional fixes, no releases will be made with these fixes.
+
 Release Numbering
 -----------------