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Occasional Lustre releases will be designated as LTS (Long Term Stability) releases and have a series of maintenance releases that will include only small fixes and not major new functionality. 2.15.8 is the current LTS release.  See: http://lustre.org/roadmap/.
Lustre releases are numbered with semantic versions, such as 2.17.0 or 2.17.52.
 
Versions have Major.Minor.Release.Patch numbers:
- The Major version indicates significant functional change and possibly protocol incompatibility from previous major versions.
- The Minor version indicates important new features, but maintains compatibility back to at least the previous LTS release.
- The Release version indicates bug fixes and minor new functionality or enhancements that have been tested .
-- Release versions .0 through .49 indicate stable maintenance releases.
-- Release versions .50 through .99 indicate development releases that may contain major new functionality and possibly (temporary) protocol incompatibilities, and are not recommended for general production usage.
- The Patch version indicates individual fixes and enhancements.
 
Occasional Lustre releases will be designated as LTS (Long Term Stability) releases and have a series of maintenance releases that will include only small fixes and not major new functionality. 2.15.8 is the current LTS release.  See: http://lustre.org/roadmap/ for details.


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Revision as of 12:39, 9 January 2026

Lustre releases are numbered with semantic versions, such as 2.17.0 or 2.17.52.

Versions have Major.Minor.Release.Patch numbers: - The Major version indicates significant functional change and possibly protocol incompatibility from previous major versions. - The Minor version indicates important new features, but maintains compatibility back to at least the previous LTS release. - The Release version indicates bug fixes and minor new functionality or enhancements that have been tested . -- Release versions .0 through .49 indicate stable maintenance releases. -- Release versions .50 through .99 indicate development releases that may contain major new functionality and possibly (temporary) protocol incompatibilities, and are not recommended for general production usage. - The Patch version indicates individual fixes and enhancements.

Occasional Lustre releases will be designated as LTS (Long Term Stability) releases and have a series of maintenance releases that will include only small fixes and not major new functionality. 2.15.8 is the current LTS release. See: http://lustre.org/roadmap/ for details.