Proposed 12.04.3 + 13.04 HWE Stack Policies and Procedures

[Leann Ogasawara]

On 03/21/2013 08:20 AM, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> On 03/20/2013 02:52 PM, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Given the recent decision from the Tech Board to reduce the support
>> duration for non-LTS releases from 18mo to 9mo [1], I've written up what
>> I'd like to propose as the 13.04 HWE stack policies and procedures for
>> the the next 12.04.3 LTS point release.  Could I ask for a review and
>> feedback to ensure this matches what others had in mind?  I'd ideally
>> like to come to an agreement before 13.04 releases.
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Proposed_12.04.3_.2B-_13.04_Hardware_Enablement_Stack_Policies_and_Procedures
>>
> This all looks fine as far as security support and reasonable upgrades
> paths are concerned. Thanks Leann. It does make me wonder how much this
> 9 month decision actually got us though....

Thanks Jamie.  From my team's perspective, I do see the new 9mo support
windows having reduced our maintenance burden by a small fraction.  With
the 18mo support windows, we agreed to support the HWE stacks for the
life of their natural release.  As an example, we would have supported
the 13.10 HWE stack until the April 2015 time frame.  With the new 9mo
support windows, we are able to reduce the HWE stack support windows to
just the first point release of the next LTS.  Using the same example,
we'll now only need to support the 13.10 HWE stack until the July-ish
2014 time frame.

Thanks,
Leann