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@ -96,22 +96,21 @@ While stable releases are supported for a duration of seven months,
some specific ones are now supported for a longer period by the Yocto
Project, and are called Long Term Support (:term:`LTS`) releases.
This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, that
the project committed to supporting until the next :term:`LTS` release was out.
This next :term:`LTS` release, version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released in May 2022
and offered with two years of support too.
However, as an experiment, support for "Dunfell" was extended to four years, until
April 2024, therefore offering more stability to projects and leaving more time
to upgrade to the latest :term:`LTS` release. The project hasn't made any commitment to
extending "Kirkstone" support too, as this will also depend on available funding
for such an effort.
When significant issues are found, :term:`LTS` releases allow to publish
fixes not only for the current stable release, but also to the
:term:`LTS` releases that are still supported. Older stable releases which
have reached their End of Life (EOL) won't receive such updates.
This started with version 3.1 ("Dunfell"), released in April 2020, which
the project initially committed to supporting for two years, but this duration
was later extended to four years. Similarly, the following :term:`LTS` release,
version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), was released two years later in May 2022 and the
project committed to supporting it for four years too.
Therefore, a new :term:`LTS` release is made every two years and is supported
for four years. This offers more stability to project users and leaves more
time to upgrade to the following :term:`LTS` release.
See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management
of stable and :term:`LTS` releases.

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@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case:
:term:`LTS`
This term means "Long Term Support", and in the context of the Yocto
Project, it corresponds to selected stable releases for which bug and
security fixes are provided for at least two years. See
security fixes are provided for at least four years. See
the :ref:`ref-long-term-support-releases` section for details.
:term:`Metadata`