Angular.js: Surface news about LTS extension

[ewaDev]

AngularJS is in LTS mode

We are no longer accepting changes that are not critical bug fixes into this project.
See https://blog.angular.io/stable-angularjs-and-long-term-support-7e077635ee9c for more detail.

I'm submitting a ...

• [ ] regression from 1.7.0
• [ ] security issue
• [ ] issue caused by a new browser version
• [x] other

Current behavior:
The documentation does not outline that the LTS has been extended by 6 months due to covid. Many people will not trust twitter and will not change timelines without official documentation. Also not everyone is on twitter.

Expected / new behavior:

The documentation should be updated to encompass this new information.

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions:
Go to: https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status
There is no mention of LTS extention.

AngularJS version: 1.8.x

Browser: [all ]

Anything else:

[gkalpak]

Thx for creating this issue. Here are all the places I can think of where we mention the LTS (and should potentially be updated):

• ✔️ [No update needed] AngularJS home page (source code)

• ✔️ [Update needed] Version support status page (source code, PRs: #17057, #17060, #17063, #17066, #17067)

  • ✔️ Master snapshot
  • ✔️ Stable snapshot
  • ✔️ docs.angularjs.org _{(This should be the same as "Stable snapshot" - just listing it separately for completeness.)}

• ✔️ [Updated] LTS announcement blog post

[petebacondarwin]

I have updated the LTS blog post with this information.

[Splaktar]

It looks like this can be closed once https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status gets updated to match the update that's currently only on the snapshot docs page. That is blocked on PR https://github.com/angular/angular.js/pull/17060 atm.

[jusanaum]

Hi, does anybody know if there is a "Security patches only" period for AngularJS after 1.8.x LTS period ends?

And will "Security pathces only" period for 1.2.x end at the same time LTS ends for 1.8.x?

https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status

[petebacondarwin]

The LTS period is already just a "security patches only" period for AngularJS. After that you may want to look into XLTS - https://angularjs.xlts.dev/.

[gkalpak]

It tooks me 5 PRs to fix deployment, but everything seems to work now 😅
All places that needed updating have been updated afaict (see https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/17058#issuecomment-664865211).

Thx again, @ewaDev, for spearheading the effort 🏆