From e2543899bc03d794d38ead846f27a09b63beae24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark J Price Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:54:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update errata.md --- docs/errata/errata.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/errata/errata.md b/docs/errata/errata.md index 71aeeaf..3969f13 100644 --- a/docs/errata/errata.md +++ b/docs/errata/errata.md @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ If you find any mistakes, then please [raise an issue in this repository](https: Even-numbered .NET releases like .NET 6 and .NET 8 have a support level named **Long Term Support (LTS)** with a duration of 3 years. Odd-numbered .NET releases like .NET 5 and .NET 7 had a support level named **Current** with a duration of 18 months. -On June 6, 2022, the .NET team proposed to change the support level name to [**Short Term Support (STS)**](https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/223) to complement the existing **Long Term Support (LTS)**. I updated the drafts of my book to reflect that change. +On June 6, 2022, the .NET team proposed to change the support level name from **Current** to [**Short Term Support (STS)**](https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/223) to complement the existing **Long Term Support (LTS)**. I updated the drafts of my book to reflect that change. -On October 13, 2022, the .NET team changed the name again, to [**Standard Support**](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-7-rc-2/#support), probably because Microsoft Marketing decided that "short term" sounded too negative. My editors and I scrambled to update the final drafts of my book to reflect that change. +On October 11, 2022, the .NET team changed the name again, to [**Standard Support**](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-7-rc-2/#support), probably because Microsoft Marketing decided that "short term" sounded too negative. My editors and I scrambled to update the final drafts of my book to reflect that change. -On October 28, 2022, the .NET team changed the name *again*, to [**Standard Term Support (STS)**](https://twitter.com/mairacw/status/1585789100879069185), but it was too late to update the PDFs that are sent to print. +On October 28, 2022, the .NET team changed the name *again*, to [**Standard Term Support (STS)**](https://twitter.com/mairacw/status/1585789100879069185), probably because an initialism of **SS** is problematic and internal code and configuration was already using `sts`. Sadly, it was too late to update the PDFs that are sent to print. *Sigh.* Such are the perils of trying to be up-to-date on release day.