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release-flow: Extend support period 3 months after last release


Clarify that support is provided even after the the last point release
is published and that the overall support period is two years from the
`.0` release.

Signed-off-by: Emanuele Aina's avatarEmanuele Aina <emanuele.aina@collabora.com>
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......@@ -398,11 +398,21 @@ later point release. This means the initial product release for 2020 would be
After a release has been done, for each of them there is an expected support
life depending on the type of release as outlined above.
For non-product release any post-release updates will directly go into the main
repository for that specific release. For product releases a setup similar to
For non-product releases any post-release updates will directly go into the main
repository for that specific release. Only fixes to high-impact issues will be
published for non-product releases, everything else will only be available in
the next release.
For product releases a setup similar to
Debian is to be used to stage updates before a new point release is done. The
repositories used by Apertis are outlined in the following sections.
Point releases are published every quarter and when this happens the staged
updates get folded in the main repository. The last point release is a special
case since after three months the staged updates will get folded but no
additional point release is published. The overall support period of a product
release is thus two years from the `.0` release.
### Stable Repository
This is the main repository with the full *released* version. This repository
......@@ -416,6 +426,9 @@ For instance, in Apertis v2021 this maps to:
* the `apertis:v2021:{target,development,sdk,hmi}` OBS repositories
* the `deb https://repositories.apertis.org/apertis/ v2021 target development sdk hmi` APT source
Once a point release is published, the updates staged in the repositories
described below get folded in this repository to make them generally available.
### Security repository
For security issues a dedicated security repository is used. This repository
......@@ -511,6 +524,7 @@ looks like this:
| 2022Q2 | Apertis 2021.5 | v2021.5 | stable point release |
| 2022Q3 | Apertis 2021.6 | v2021.6 | stable point release |
| 2022Q4 | Apertis 2021.7 | v2021.7 | stable point release |
| 2023Q1 | | | end of support for v2021 |
For projects using Apertis (or its direct downstreams) given this schedule there is a rebase window
of a year to move to the newer version. Starting from when the preview release
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