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* | * The Fedora Project maintains any given release X until one month after the release of X+2. Unmaintained releases are said to be in End-of-life state (EOL) (so fedora Fedora 7 was End-of-life one month after Fedora 9 release). See [[LifeCycle]]. | ||
* Branches for new packages in CVS are not allowed for distribution | * Branches for new packages in CVS are not allowed for distribution X after the Fedora X+2 release. New builds are no longer allowed for EOL Fedora releases. | ||
* | * Existing bugs against EOL releases are closed automatically. | ||
* [[BugZappers/HouseKeeping#End_of_Life_.28EOL.29| New bugs for EOL releases are not looked at]]. | |||
* FESCo can approve exceptions of these rules if there are good reasons for it. | |||
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Revision as of 16:04, 16 November 2008
Fedora Lifecycle Policy
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- The Fedora Project maintains any given release X until one month after the release of X+2. Unmaintained releases are said to be in End-of-life state (EOL) (so fedora Fedora 7 was End-of-life one month after Fedora 9 release). See LifeCycle.
- Branches for new packages in CVS are not allowed for distribution X after the Fedora X+2 release. New builds are no longer allowed for EOL Fedora releases.
- Existing bugs against EOL releases are closed automatically.
- FESCo can approve exceptions of these rules if there are good reasons for it.