From 78cffd450ae88308051873b87cb4dd7f12e6e99c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Bolognani Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:36:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Spell out our policy concerning minor releases We've already applied this policy on multiple occasions, but it's good to have it written down so that there can be no confusion. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety --- docs/platforms.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/platforms.rst b/docs/platforms.rst index b0ce0c3737..6d55728625 100644 --- a/docs/platforms.rst +++ b/docs/platforms.rst @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ 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 are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS). +Within each major release, only the most recent minor release is considered. For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on Linux, the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and