Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro (backport #6231)#6245
Merged
fujitatomoya merged 1 commit intokiltedfrom Feb 17, 2026
Merged
Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro (backport #6231)#6245fujitatomoya merged 1 commit intokiltedfrom
fujitatomoya merged 1 commit intokiltedfrom
Conversation
* Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Minor working changes Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Whitespace Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * also known as operating systems Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * available and functional; no longer Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * to protect ourseves; proactively Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Stop supporting Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> * May update in exceptional circumstances Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb)
|
HTML artifacts: https://github.com/ros2/ros2_documentation/actions/runs/22119798021/artifacts/5547710744. To view the resulting site:
|
fujitatomoya
approved these changes
Feb 17, 2026
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
2 participants
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Description
Per some ROS PMC meeting, we decided we needed a documented policy on how to handle a target platform going EOL before the ROS distribution. I checked with @gbiggs, and he said projects should put this kind of policy in their own documentation rather than a REP
Did you use Generative AI?
I used Gemini to draft it, then rewrote it all by hand, so ... maybe?
Additional Information
This is an automatic backport of pull request #6231 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).