From 0498efb76d067c5d4a26e8e9aa9a7390b5295599 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Morey Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:23:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] README: Bump minimum supported branch to v33.X Signed-off-by: Nicolas Morey --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 928bdc4da..b5eea2596 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -143,4 +143,4 @@ See [Contributing to rdma-core](Documentation/contributing.md). # Stable branches Stable versions are released regularly with backported fixes (see Documentation/stable.md) -The current minimum version still maintained is 'v30.X' +The current minimum version still maintained is 'v33.X' From befe98d0bb1dd1a770663dac26612567fbc14e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Morey Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:25:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] stable: clarify stable policy - Not all vXX.0 release trigger stable releases - Branches are maintained for about 4 years (meaning about 22 branches at any time) Signed-off-by: Nicolas Morey --- Documentation/stable.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/stable.md b/Documentation/stable.md index 7c6c3c364..67b22b5db 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable.md +++ b/Documentation/stable.md @@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ All bug fixes are to be backported from mainline and applied by stable branch ma Branched stable releases will append an additional release number (e.g. 15.1) and will ensure that Azure Pipelines CI reports a successful build. -Regular stable releases will be generated at the same time as mainline releases. +Regular stable releases are usually generated at the same time as a mainline release. +Some mainline release are however skipped if not enough significant patches have been queued. Additional stable releases can be generated if the need arise (Needed by distributions or OFED). +Please contact the maintainer if a stable release is needed outside of the regular schedule. Stable branches are named stable-vXX where XX is the base version number. Once older release are no longer supported, their branch will be deleted but the stable release tags will be kept. +Branches are maintained for about 4 years. + ## Patch Rules * It must be obviously correct and tested.