Re: [yocto] Yocto "Long Term Support"

2016-11-07 Thread Burton, Ross
On 7 November 2016 at 09:09, Burton, Ross wrote: > Currently the Yocto Project commits to supporting the previous two > releases with security fixes. If you want a longer life-cycle than that > then it is recommended to approach one of the many OSVs who support Yocto > Project derived build syst

Re: [yocto] Yocto "Long Term Support"

2016-11-07 Thread Burton, Ross
On 6 November 2016 at 15:33, Vuille, Martin (Martin) wrote: > Has there ever been any discussion of making select releases > > “Long Term Support” releases, i.e., committing to support them > > for a number of years? > > > > Presumably that would entail having the resources to commit > > a mainta

Re: [yocto] Yocto "Long Term Support"

2016-11-06 Thread Darcy Watkins
I think that LTS is something that you would usually go to one of the many "for hire" software houses that are part of the yocto community. ... or you have to do it yourself. These are usually based on a subscription model of support for distros as supported by the vendor. Just my opinion, new

[yocto] Yocto "Long Term Support"

2016-11-06 Thread Vuille, Martin (Martin)
Has there ever been any discussion of making select releases "Long Term Support" releases, i.e., committing to support them for a number of years? Presumably that would entail having the resources to commit a maintainer to that release for the LTS interval. Out of curiosity, how much effort is re