Re: [PATCH] docs: simplify and clarify the platform support rules

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 04:56:06PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> The distinction between short life and long life Linux distributions
> turned out to be redundant. They can both be covered in a simple way
> by noting support will target the current release, and the previous
> release for a period of two years or until its EOL. This rule can also
> apply to the other UNIX based distros, leaving only Windows needing a
> different set of rules.
> 
> This also clarifies that Debian LTS is out of scope, because the LTS
> support is provided by a separate group from the main Debian maintainer
> team.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> This is a spin off from the Python 3.5 thread
> 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg06358.html
> 
>  docs/system/build-platforms.rst | 59 ++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system/build-platforms.rst b/docs/system/build-platforms.rst
> index 9734eba2f1..03d2fd217f 100644
> --- a/docs/system/build-platforms.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/build-platforms.rst
> @@ -29,51 +29,28 @@ The Repology site https://repology.org is a useful 
> resource to identify
[...]
> +Linux OS, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
> +-----------------------------------------
[...]
> +For FreeBSD, decisions will be made based on the contents of the ports tree;
> +for macOS, `HomeBrew`_ will be used, although `MacPorts`_ is expected to 
> carry
> +similar versions.

Shouldn't we mention NetBSD and OpenBSD too?

-- 
Eduardo