Today, we're announcing changes to the ClamAV End-of-Life (EOL) policy to include a new Long Term Support program.
These are the main points of the updated EOL policy:
Long Term Support (LTS) Feature Releases
ClamAV 0.103 is the first Long Term Support (LTS) feature release.
LTS feature releases will be supported for at least three years from the initial publication date of that LTS feature version. In other words, support for the LTS release "X.Y" starts when version "X.Y.0" is published and ends three years after.
Each LTS feature release will be supported with critical patch versions and access to download signatures for the duration of the three-year support period.
A new LTS feature release will be identified approximately every two years.
Users must stay up-to-date with the latest patch versions for continued support. As of Aug. 28, that means version 0.103.3.
Regular (non-LTS) Feature Releases
Non-LTS feature releases will be supported with critical patch versions for at least four months from the initial publication date of the next feature release or until the feature release after that is published.
Non-LTS feature releases will be allowed access to download signatures until at least four months after the feature release after that is published.
If the end-of-life for a version has to change due to a compatibility problem, that prohibits the use of new detection technology or affects the stability of ClamAV infrastructure, we will announce the end of life for those versions four months before they become unsupported.
You can find full details for the updated End-of-Life policy, including a version-support matrix and definitions for the policy terminology in the EOL policy page in our online documentation.
