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diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst index 8a655b33b..fb39ccb5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst @@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ LTS designation schedule example (depends on current state of development): | 2.19 | Feb 2023 | 2.19 - new latest stable, 2.13 LTS ⟶ EOL | +---------+--------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +While branches other than LTS and the latest release are not formally +maintained, the OVS project usually provides stable releases for these branches +for at least 2 years, i.e. stable releases are provided for the last 4 +release branches. However, these branches may not include all the fixes that +LTS has in case backporting is not straightforward and developers are not +willing to spend their time on that (this mostly affects branches that are +older than the LTS, because backporting to LTS implies backporting to all +intermediate branches). + Release Numbering ----------------- |