The Yocto Project releases
The Yocto Project has a release every six months, in April and October. This release cycle ensures continuous development flow while providing points of increased testing and focus on stability. A release becomes a Stable or a Long-Term Support (LTS) release whenever a release is ready.
The support period differs significantly between the stable and LTS releases. The support for the stable release is for 7 months, offering 1 month of overlapped support for every stable release. The LTS release has a minimal support period of 2 years, optionally extended. After the official support period ends, it moves to Community support and finally reaches End Of Life (EOL).
When the official release support period ends, a release can be Community support if a community member steps in to become the community maintainer. Finally, a release turns EOL when there is no change in the source code by 2 months, or the community maintainer is no longer an active member.
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