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Firefly was listed as the "latest release" of Ceph. Add Giant and label
it as the latest release instead.

Releases A-C and E are no longer supported. D will receive updates for
some time longer, and F is a "long term stable" release.

Signed-off-by: Ken Dreyer <kdreyer@redhat.com>
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Expand Up @@ -173,29 +173,27 @@ You may find releases for CentOS/RHEL and others (installed with YUM) at::

The major releases of Ceph include:

- **Firefly:** Firefly is the most recent major release of Ceph. These packages
- **Giant:** Giant is the most recent major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for anyone deploying Ceph in a production environment.
Critical bug fixes are backported and point releases are made as necessary.

- **Emperor:** Emperor is the fifth major release of Ceph. These packages
- **Firefly:** Firefly is the sixth major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for anyone deploying Ceph in a production environment.
Critical bug fixes are backported and point releases are made as necessary.
Firefly is a long-term stable release, so critical bug fixes are backported
and point releases are made as necessary.

- **Emperor:** Emperor is the fifth major release of Ceph. These packages
are are old and no longer supported, so we recommend that users upgrade to
Firefly immediately.

- **Dumpling:** Dumpling is the fourth major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for anyone deploying Ceph in a production environment.
Critical bug fixes are backported as necessary.

- **Cuttlefish:** Cuttlefish is the third major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for those who have already deployed bobtail in production and
are not yet ready to upgrade.

- **Bobtail:** Bobtail is the second major release of Ceph. These packages are
recommended for those who have already deployed bobtail in production and
are not yet ready to upgrade.
are older and not recommended for new users, but critical bug fixes are
still backported as necessary. We encourage all Dumpling users to update to
Firefly as soon as they are able to do so.

- **Argonaut:** Argonaut is the first major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for those who have already deployed Argonaut in production
and are not yet ready to upgrade.
- **Argonaut, Bobtail, Cuttlefish:** These are the first three releases of
Ceph. These packages are old and no longer supported, so we recommend that
users upgrade to a supported version.

.. tip:: For European users, there is also a mirror in the Netherlands at:
http://eu.ceph.com/
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