From 578fbfb9d43b96ed2f8d8b9de5f91489c2a354ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Simons Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:46:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update the CI platform guidance to include update process (#4594) * Update the CI platform guidance to include update process * Fix line length linter violation --- Documentation/ci-platform-coverage-guidelines.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/ci-platform-coverage-guidelines.md b/Documentation/ci-platform-coverage-guidelines.md index da8fea6e2e..4a60d0504e 100644 --- a/Documentation/ci-platform-coverage-guidelines.md +++ b/Documentation/ci-platform-coverage-guidelines.md @@ -43,3 +43,11 @@ matrix](https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/blob/main/eng/pipelines/templates/stages/v 1. Ubuntu - Latest LTS version at the time of the release (amd64/arm64) 1. Alpine - Latest and previous versions (amd64) 1. AlmaLinux - Oldest version (targets lowest glibc version) (amd64) + +When updating the distro versions in the CI matrix as new versions are released +and older versions reach EOL: + +1. Update `main` to the newer version one to two months prior to the GA/EOL date. + This is done to flush out any issues and to avoid destabilizing the servicing + branches. +1. At the GA/EOL date, update the servicing branches.