[yocto] RFC: Yocto LTS?

[Chris Simmonds]

Hi,

On 14/10/15 14:50, akuster808 wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> 
> On 10/14/2015 06:28 AM, Chris Simmonds wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a statement about the period of support for a Yocto release?
>> Looking through the updates, it seems that 12 months is typical, a was
>> the case for 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 for example, but I cannot see a
>> declaration anywhere that this is the expected norm.
> 
> There is a release every 6 months.
> 
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_release_cycle_of_the_Yocto_Project.3F
> 
>>
>> Leading on from that, is 12 months enough? Most projects have a
>> lifecycle that is much longer. Is there an argument for an LTS Yocto
>> release, maybe once a year? If not, what is the recommended way for a
>> project developer to keep a distribution up to date in the light of the
>> several well-publicised security flaws that have been discovered over
>> the last year or so and the new ones that will no doubt be discovered in
>> the future?
> 
> At table of the current supported release can be found at
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_branch_maintenance
> 
> - Armin
>

Thanks, Armin, that is the kind of thing I was looking for. It doesn't
mention a timespan for updates, but there does seem to be an implicit
maintenance period of 12 months after release. I am still worried that
this is a rather short period of time, though, and encourages device
manufacturers to avoid ever updating boxes in the field.

>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris Simmonds
>>
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