From 07ff01d255170b24518c97e1346794a59d7cd7e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philippe Guibert Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:56:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- doc/developer/workflow.rst | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 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 ) -----------------------------------------