docs: remove LTS information from releases.md

Cloud Hypervisor doesn't do LTS releases for quite some time now. This
outdated information already caused confusion [0].

[0] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/520434#issuecomment-4460008719

On-behalf-of: SAP philipp.schuster@sap.com
Signed-off-by: Philipp Schuster <philipp.schuster@cyberus-technology.de>
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Philipp Schuster
2026-05-15 15:36:11 +02:00
committed by Rob Bradford
parent 078d57e6b9
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@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ and then be considered EOL.
+ - Active release support + - Active release support
E - EOL E - EOL
2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
18.0 | | | ++++++++E 18.0 | | | ++++++++E
19.0 | | | |++++++++E 19.0 | | | |++++++++E
20.0 | | | | ++++++++E 20.0 | | | | ++++++++E
@@ -79,25 +79,3 @@ E - EOL
Snapshot/restore support is not compatible across `MAJOR` versions. Snapshot/restore support is not compatible across `MAJOR` versions.
Live migration support is not compatible across `MAJOR` versions. Live migration support is not compatible across `MAJOR` versions.
### LTS Release Cadence
A regular release is promoted to LTS every 12 months. An LTS release is supported for 18 months. This gives a 6 months window for users to move to the new LTS.
```
+ - Active release support
E - EOL
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
23.0 | |+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++E
43.0 | | | | | |+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++E
63.0 | | | | | | | | | |+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++E
```
### LTS Stability Considerations
An LTS release is just a `MAJOR` release for which point releases are made for
longer following the same rules for what can be backported to a `POINT` release.
The focus lays on critical and security bug fixes which are pulled at the
maintainer's discretion.