[PATCH] ref-manual/release-process: clarifiy upstream criteria for stable

<[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:32:31 +0200
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.docs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Daniel Turull <[email protected]>

Make explicit that we either Upstream maintainer confirmation or
Clear historical or common-sense evidence.

See discussion in:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/a5d35ab2c3edde68e4edf81ecf48ce5edeb8fb37.camel@=
ericsson.com/

Signed-off-by: Daniel Turull <[email protected]>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/r=
ef-manual/release-process.rst
index 0959e5fc7..128be6b33 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ following criteria:
    third part (e.g. ``2.41.3`` to ``2.41.4``) are stable point releases.
    Similarly, systemd maintains ``stable/v259-stable``.
=20
+And at least one of the following:
+
 2. **Upstream maintainer confirmation** --- the upstream project's maintai=
ner
    explicitly confirms that a bump in a certain part of the version is
    bug-fix only.
--=20
2.43.0