Bug 14503

Summary:	Need to document EOL dates for supported releases
Product:	[Infrastructure] Release Process	Reporter:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker>
Component:	Release Process	Assignee:	Antonin Godard <antonin.godard>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium+	CC:	michael.opdenacker, ndec13, randy.macleod, tim.orling
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	5.2 M4
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description Michael Opdenacker 2021-08-10 17:14:03 UTC

Greetings

I struggle to find information about until when each release is going to be supported. I looked at https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases#Release_Activity but such information is not available.

Is such information available on any public page?

I believe that's important to make such information easier to find, because it is important for project management.

It could be on the releases page or in the documentation itself, or even better, on both.

Don't hesitate to re-assign this bug under the "Documentation" category.
Thanks in advance
Michael.

Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2021-08-12 14:37:16 UTC

Best to spread that info around to:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases
and other places.

Comment 2 Michael Opdenacker 2021-08-12 14:53:28 UTC

Added details about expected EOL dates for current releases to https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases#Release_Activity

However, I still believe the website release pages and/or documentation should still include such information.

Comment 3 Michael Opdenacker 2022-03-08 10:17:00 UTC

Actually, something useful would be to add the EOL information to our "Downloads" page. This way, people would immediately see until when each release is support and this would help to make a choice.

This way, instead of proposing in the "RELEASE" dropdown menu:
YP Core - Honister 3.4.2 - 2022.02.20
YP Core - Hardknott 3.3.5 - 2022.03.02
YP Core - Gatesgarth 3.2.4 - 2021.05.17
YP Core - Dunfell 3.1.14 - 2022.02.16
YP Core - Zeus 3.0.4 - 2020.08.21

We would have:
YP Core - Honister 3.4.2 - 2022.02.20 - Supported until 2022.05
YP Core - Hardknott 3.3.5 - 2022.03.02 - Supported until 2022.03
YP Core - Gatesgarth 3.2.4 - 2021.05.17 - No longer supported
YP Core - Dunfell 3.1.14 - 2022.02.16 - Supported until 2024.04
YP Core - Zeus 3.0.4 - 2020.08.21 - No longer supported

However, looking at the corresponding page in WordPress, I haven't found where such information is taken from.

Nico, do you know how?
What do you think?
By the way, do we still need to propose downloads for no longer supported releases?

Thanks in advance
Michael.

Comment 4 Michael Opdenacker 2022-03-08 10:26:55 UTC

Here's the link to our "Downloads" page:
https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-overview/downloads/

Comment 5 Randy MacLeod 2022-03-08 21:12:35 UTC

FYI, 3.3.5 was just released and there is a 3.3.6 in ~ April, 2022.
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases

Comment 6 Michael Opdenacker 2022-03-08 21:23:43 UTC

Good to know, thanks!
I extended support for Hardknott until April in the Releases page, then.

Comment 7 Randy MacLeod 2024-10-24 15:03:57 UTC

Bulk move of 5.1 M4 to 5.2 M2 as approved by AlexB.

Comment 8 Antonin Godard 2025-04-10 12:33:42 UTC

Correct me if I'm wrong but now we should be ok with regards to the EOL dates on the different locations:

- On the YP Documentation, this is maintained notably here: https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/release-process.html#long-term-support-releases

- On the wiki (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases) the "Support level" column states the EOL date.

- On the YP website (https://www.yoctoproject.org/development/releases) the "Status" column states the EOL date.

Can we close this bug, or am I missing something?

Comment 9 Michael Opdenacker 2025-04-10 12:54:29 UTC

Hi Antonin
I agree. Closing this bug.
Thanks!