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authorAntonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>2024-10-23 09:32:23 +0200
committerSteve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>2024-10-30 08:30:00 -0700
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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 <michael.opdenacker@rootcommit.com> (From yocto-docs rev: 0ed10e173457bf28338115a063cfa42c88a541d8) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> (cherry picked from commit afeded9939777d88bf4cb9ebf7a61aadd476642d) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
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103 103
104This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, which 104This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, which
105the project initially committed to supporting for two years, but this duration 105the project initially committed to supporting for two years, but this duration
106was later extended to four years. Similarly, the following :term:`LTS` release, 106was later extended to four years.
107version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released two years later in May 2022 and the
108project committed to supporting it for four years too.
109 107
110Therefore, a new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported 108A new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported for four
111for four years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more 109years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more time to
112time to upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release. 110upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release.
111
112The currently supported :term:`LTS` releases are:
113
114- Version 5.0 ("Scarthgap"), released in April 2024 and supported until April 2028.
115- Version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), released in May 2022 and supported until May 2026.
113 116
114See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management 117See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management
115of stable and :term:`LTS` releases. 118of stable and :term:`LTS` releases.