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| author | Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> | 2023-02-23 20:32:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> | 2023-03-07 14:30:42 +0100 |
| commit | 96dcf1aaca4fcf3c837f8297cf22dfdb6ab2249d (patch) | |
| tree | 9328d1f8792a2f4cd41b61078c5b450ed9d12560 /docs/about | |
| parent | c29a2f40cd5d1fdad4632b48343cd968db041a44 (diff) | |
docs/about/build-platforms: Refine the distro support policy
For long-term distributions that release a new version only very
seldom, we limit the support to five years after the initial release.
Otherwise, we might need to support distros like openSUSE 15 for
up to 7 or even more years in total due to our "two more years
after the next major release" rule, which is just way too much to
handle in a project like QEMU that only has limited human resources.
Message-Id: <20230223193257.1068205-1-thuth@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/about')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index 20b97c3310..89cae5a6bb 100644 --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst @@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ Non-supported architectures may be removed in the future following the Linux OS, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD ----------------------------------------- -The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support +The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times for +up to five years after its initial release. Support for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major version is released or when the vendor itself drops support, whichever comes first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro |