From: Philippe Guibert Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:56:11 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: permit maintenance on more than the 2 last maintenance releases X-Git-Tag: 7.1_pulled~136^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.puffer.fish/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F3998%2Fhead;p=mirror%2Ffrr.git doc: permit maintenance on more than the 2 last maintenance releases it is possible to do some ponctual backporting of bug fixes, on older than the 2 last maintenance releases. Signed-off-by: Philippe Guibert --- diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst index 1bb0886fd5..12c6373d53 100644 --- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst +++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst @@ -99,9 +99,14 @@ Bugfix releases are made as needed at 1 month intervals until the next ``MAJOR.MINOR`` release branch is pulled. Depending on the severity of the bugs, bugfix releases may occur sooner. -Bugfixes are applied to the two most recent releases. Security fixes are -backported to all releases less than or equal to at least one year old. Security -fixes may also be backported to older releases depending on severity. +Bugfixes are applied to the two most recent releases. However, backporting of bug +fixes to older than the two most recent releases will not be prevented, if acked +under the classical development workflow applying for a pull request. + +Security fixes are backported to all releases less than or equal to at least one +year old. Security fixes may also be backported to older releases depending on +severity. + Long term support branches ( LTS ) -----------------------------------------