From 1b1e3d5f9b95774068b6d81a8ce84d922eb367aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Bolognani Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:38:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: platforms: Clarify stance on third-party LTS efforts Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina --- docs/platforms.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/platforms.rst b/docs/platforms.rst index 702d8d56d3..4fcb458635 100644 --- a/docs/platforms.rst +++ b/docs/platforms.rst @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Linux, FreeBSD and macOS The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. 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. +first. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro +are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS). For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on Linux, the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and