From 97db7448bb28e42fae5acb3eb556cfa03a11e0a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xiaowanghe Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 00:02:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs/about/build-platforms: Refine the distro support policy cherry picked from commit 270629024df1f9f4e704ce8325f958858c5cbff7 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 Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Wanghe Xiao --- docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index c29a4b8fe6..d893a2be1c 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 -- 2.41.0.windows.1