For long-term distributions that release a new version only very seldom, we limit the support to five years after the initial release. Otherwise, we might need to support distros like openSUSE 15 for up to 7 or even more years in total due to our "two more years after the next major release" rule, which is just way too much to handle in a project like QEMU that only has limited human resources.
Message-Id: <20230223193257.1068205-1-th...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> --- docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index 20b97c3310..89cae5a6bb 100644 --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst @@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ Non-supported architectures may be removed in the future following the Linux OS, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD ----------------------------------------- -The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support +The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times for +up to five years after its initial release. Support 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 -- 2.31.1
