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author | jmbills <jason.m.bills@intel.com> | 2021-08-03 01:45:08 +0300 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-08-03 01:45:08 +0300 |
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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst index 93ab6ed08..ab143f7df 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst @@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ codename are likely to be compatible and thus work together. Releases are given a nominal release version as well but the codename is used in repositories for this reason. You can find information on Yocto -Project releases and codenames at -:yocto_wiki:`/Releases`. +Project releases and codenames at :yocto_wiki:`/Releases`. + +Our :doc:`/migration-guides/index` detail how to migrate from one release of +the Yocto Project to the next. Stable Release Process ====================== @@ -82,14 +84,14 @@ stable release. bug fixes and security fixes only. Policy dictates that features are not backported to a stable release. This policy means generic recipe version upgrades are unlikely to be accepted for backporting. The - exception to this policy occurs when a strong reason exists such as + exception to this policy occurs when there is a strong reason such as the fix happens to also be the preferred upstream approach. Stable release branches have strong maintenance for about a year after their initial release. Should significant issues be found for any release regardless of its age, fixes could be backported to older releases. For issues that are not backported given an older release, -Community LTS trees and branches exist where community members share +Community LTS trees and branches allow community members to share patches for older releases. However, these types of patches do not go through the same release process as do point releases. You can find more information about stable branch maintenance at @@ -164,9 +166,8 @@ repository. .. note:: - You can find all these branches in the Yocto Project - Source Repositories - . + You can find all these branches in the + :ref:`overview-manual/development-environment:yocto project source repositories`. Testing within these public branches ensures in a publicly visible way that all of the main supposed architectures and recipes in OE-Core |