The word "major" was used to differentiate with release candidates or stable maintenance releases. However the word "major" can be understood as "LTS", so it is less confusing to avoid this word.
Reported-by: Ori Kam <or...@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> --- doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst index 27e4b13be..550d8dec2 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ added to by the developer. The Release Notes document which features have been added in the current and previous releases of DPDK and highlight any known issues. - The Releases Notes also contain notifications of features that will change ABI compatibility in the next major release. + The Releases Notes also contain notifications of features that will change ABI compatibility in the next release. Developers should include updates to the Release Notes with patch sets that relate to any of the following sections: diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst index 6a5eee9bd..24b9e8b7d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/stable.rst @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Release to indicate longer term support. Stable Releases --------------- -Any major release of DPDK can be designated as a Stable Release if a +Any release of DPDK can be designated as a Stable Release if a maintainer volunteers to maintain it and there is a commitment from major contributors to validate it before releases. If a release is to be designated as a Stable Release, it should be done by 1 month after the master release. -- 2.21.0
