From 95a5527ae91ab9186ce306e3793279fabce5e9e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve-Glass <84886334+Steve-Glass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:36:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update deprecation guidance (#5127) * Update deprecation guidance * Update docs/software-and-images-guidelines.md Co-authored-by: Mikhail Timofeev <48208649+miketimofeev@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Mikhail Timofeev <48208649+miketimofeev@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/software-and-images-guidelines.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/software-and-images-guidelines.md b/docs/software-and-images-guidelines.md index 3ca201c6..0d7509e9 100644 --- a/docs/software-and-images-guidelines.md +++ b/docs/software-and-images-guidelines.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ In general, these are the guidelines we consider when deciding what to pre-insta ## Software and images support policy These are the guidelines we follow in software and images supporting routine: - Tools and versions will typically be removed 6 months after they are deprecated or have reached end-of-life. -- We support at least 2 latest OS versions (LTS only for Ubuntu) and initiate deprecation process for the oldest one when image usage drops below 5%. +- We support at least 2 latest OS versions. We begin the deprecation process of the oldest image label once a new OS version has been released. - The images generally contain the latest versions of packages installed except for Ubuntu LTS where we rely on the Canonical-provided repositories mostly. - Popular tools can have several versions installed side-by-side with the following strategy: