[libvirt PATCH] docs: Clarify our stance on backported packages

The repositories containing them are usually offered with lower guarantees, so we don't consider them when it comes to figuring out the minimum targeted version of our dependencies. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/platforms.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/platforms.rst b/docs/platforms.rst index 8c281afebd..90f14b02e8 100644 --- a/docs/platforms.rst +++ b/docs/platforms.rst @@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. 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 -are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (eg. Debian LTS). -Within each major release, only the most recent minor release is considered. +are not considered, even when they are endorsed by the vendor (e.g. Debian +LTS); the same is true of repositories that contain packages backported from +later releases (e.g. Debian backports). Within each major release, only the +most recent minor release is considered. For the purposes of identifying supported software versions available on Linux, the project will look at CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, SLES and -- 2.34.1