From 7799e6ed20eb67271bce2dbbc934a0c802a9a1ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antonin Godard Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:32:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: release-process: refresh the current LTS releases Mention that Scarthgap the latest LTS in a bullet list next to Kirkstone. Reword the parapraph a bit to make it clearer after this change. Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker (From yocto-docs rev: 0ed10e173457bf28338115a063cfa42c88a541d8) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit afeded9939777d88bf4cb9ebf7a61aadd476642d) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman --- documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst index 920794679d..75532addbd 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst @@ -103,13 +103,16 @@ have reached their End of Life (EOL) won't receive such updates. This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, which the project initially committed to supporting for two years, but this duration -was later extended to four years. Similarly, the following :term:`LTS` release, -version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released two years later in May 2022 and the -project committed to supporting it for four years too. +was later extended to four years. -Therefore, a new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported -for four years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more -time to upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release. +A new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported for four +years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more time to +upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release. + +The currently supported :term:`LTS` releases are: + +- Version 5.0 ("Scarthgap"), released in April 2024 and supported until April 2028. +- Version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), released in May 2022 and supported until May 2026. See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management of stable and :term:`LTS` releases.