[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update LTS section

[Aaron Conole]

Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> writes:

> Update the LTS section to mention the branch, how LTS support ends
> and update the currently maintained LTS branches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> ---

Looks good.  Just noticed that there's some grammar discrepancy (I see
mixing 'an LTS' and 'a LTS' - then again, acronyms always read funny
with articles).

Just a funny thing.

Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>

>  doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> index 2ac4f0a88..f1743aeb0 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst
> @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ LTS Release
>  A stable release can be designated as an LTS release based on community
>  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.
> +year's November (X.11) release will be maintained as an LTS for 2 years.
>  
> -The current DPDK LTS releases are 16.11 and 17.11.
> +After the X.11 release, a LTS branch will be created for it at
> +http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable where bugfixes will be backported to.
>  
>  It is anticipated that there will be at least 4 releases per year of the LTS
> @@ -57,4 +58,8 @@ fixes. Releases should be coordinated with the validation engineers to ensure
>  that a tagged release has been tested.
>  
> +The current maintained LTS branches are 17.11 and 18.11.
> +
> +At the end of the 2 years, a final X.11.N release will be made and at that
> +point the LTS branch will no longer be maintained with no further releases.
>  
>  What changes should be backported