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Commit 96dcf1aa authored by Thomas Huth's avatar Thomas Huth
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docs/about/build-platforms: Refine the distro support policy


For long-term distributions that release a new version only very
seldom, we limit the support to five years after the initial release.
Otherwise, we might need to support distros like openSUSE 15 for
up to 7 or even more years in total due to our "two more years
after the next major release" rule, which is just way too much to
handle in a project like QEMU that only has limited human resources.

Message-Id: <20230223193257.1068205-1-thuth@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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......@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ Non-supported architectures may be removed in the future following the
Linux OS, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support
The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times for
up to five years after its initial release. 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. In this context, third-party efforts to extend the lifetime of a distro
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