From dc4388029d1f73903f58f4f87f2b2300d6096e51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Loic Dachary Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:21:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] releases: table of estimated end of life Signed-off-by: Loic Dachary --- doc/releases.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/releases.rst b/doc/releases.rst index 4f329dd160a9..f360fbccff02 100644 --- a/doc/releases.rst +++ b/doc/releases.rst @@ -27,6 +27,32 @@ Supporting a release means: * The `stable releases and backport team `_ publishes ``point releases`` including fixes that have been backported to the release. +In the following, the life time of a LTS is calculated to be 18 months +after the month of the first release. For instance, Dumpling is +published August 2013 and 18 months starting September 2013 is +February 2015, therefore by March 2015 Dumpling should be End of +Life. The lifetime of a release may be extended a few months. For +instance although Dumpling theoritical End of Life was March 2015, it +was extended to May 2015. + +There is no estimated End of Life for a stable release that is not a +LTS because it is set by the release date of the next stable release +instead of a fixed duration. + ++----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ +| |`Dumpling`_|`Emperor`_ |`Firefly`_ |`Giant`_ |`Hammer`_ | +| |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable |LTS | ++----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ +| First release | August | November | May | October | April | +| | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | ++----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ +| Estimated End of Life | March | | January | | November | +| | 2015 | | 2016 | | 2016 | ++----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ +| Actual End of Life | May | May | | April | | +| | 2015 | 2014 | | 2015 | | ++----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ + +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | |Development|`Dumpling`_|`Emperor`_ |`Firefly`_ |`Giant`_ |`Hammer`_ | | |Testing |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable |LTS | -- 2.47.3