From 654fff05e6f9ae51084dbc866ca30020aa960fb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sandra McCann Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 04:25:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] clarify Ansible EOL details (#77778) * clarify Ansible EOL details: update docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein --- .../rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst index 0708f08c5df..51a24931c2a 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ The Ansible community team typically releases two major versions of the communit Starting with version 2.10, the Ansible community team guarantees maintenance for only one major community package release at a time. For example, when Ansible 4.0.0 gets released, the team will stop making new 3.x releases. Community members may maintain older versions if desired. +.. note:: + + Each Ansible EOL version may issue one final maintenance release at or shortly after the first release of the next version. When this happens, the final maintenance release is EOL at the date it releases. + + .. note:: Older, unmaintained versions of the Ansible community package might contain unfixed security vulnerabilities (*CVEs*). If you are using a release of the Ansible community package that is no longer maintained, we strongly encourage you to upgrade as soon as possible in order to benefit from the latest features and security fixes. @@ -75,8 +80,8 @@ This table links to the changelogs for each major Ansible release. These changel Ansible Community Package Release Status Core version dependency ================================== ============================ ========================= 6.0.0 In development (unreleased) 2.13 -`5.x Changelogs`_ Current (latest stable) 2.12 -`4.x Changelogs`_ End of life after 4.10 2.11 +`5.x Changelogs`_ Current (EOL after 5.10) 2.12 +`4.x Changelogs`_ Unmaintained (end of life) 2.11 `3.x Changelogs`_ Unmaintained (end of life) 2.10 `2.10 Changelogs`_ Unmaintained (end of life) 2.10 ================================== ============================ =========================