ref-manual: release-process: refresh the current LTS releases

Mention that Scarthgap the latest LTS in a bullet list next to
Kirkstone. Reword the parapraph a bit to make it clearer after this
change.

Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@rootcommit.com>
(From yocto-docs rev: afeded9939777d88bf4cb9ebf7a61aadd476642d)

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -103,13 +103,16 @@ 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.
was later extended to four years.
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.
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.
The currently supported :term:`LTS` releases are:
- Version 5.0 ("Scarthgap"), released in April 2024 and supported until April 2028.
- Version 4.0 ("Kirkstone"), released in May 2022 and supported until May 2026.
See :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_Release_and_LTS` for details about the management
of stable and :term:`LTS` releases.