Update LTS logic to depend on metadata.json (#11877)

tools/packaging/packaging.psm1

@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
                         PackageNameSuffix = 'fxdependent'
                         Version = $Version
                         Force = $Force
-                        LTS = $LTS
                     }
 
                     if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Create tar.gz Package")) {
@@ -369,7 +368,6 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
                     Name = $Name
                     Version = $Version
                     Force = $Force
-                    LTS = $LTS
                 }
 
                 if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Create tar.gz Package")) {
@@ -384,7 +382,6 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
                     Force = $Force
                     Architecture = "arm32"
                     ExcludeSymbolicLinks = $true
-                    LTS = $LTS
                 }
 
                 if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Create tar.gz Package")) {
@@ -399,7 +396,6 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
                     Force = $Force
                     Architecture = "arm64"
                     ExcludeSymbolicLinks = $true
-                    LTS = $LTS
                 }
 
                 if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Create tar.gz Package")) {
@@ -414,7 +410,6 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
                     Force = $Force
                     Architecture = "alpine-x64"
                     ExcludeSymbolicLinks = $true
-                    LTS = $LTS
                 }
 
                 if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Create tar.gz Package")) {
@@ -502,20 +497,13 @@ function New-TarballPackage {
 
         [switch] $Force,
 
-        [switch] $ExcludeSymbolicLinks,
-
-        [switch] $LTS
+        [switch] $ExcludeSymbolicLinks
     )
 
     if ($PackageNameSuffix) {
         $packageName = "$Name-$Version-{0}-$Architecture-$PackageNameSuffix.tar.gz"
     } else {
-        $packageName = if ($LTS) {
-            "$Name-lts-$Version-{0}-$Architecture.tar.gz"
-        }
-        else {
-            "$Name-$Version-{0}-$Architecture.tar.gz"
-        }
+        $packageName = "$Name-$Version-{0}-$Architecture.tar.gz"
     }
 
     if ($Environment.IsWindows) {

tools/releaseBuild/Images/GenericLinuxFiles/PowerShellPackage.ps1

@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ if ($ReleaseTag)
 $version = $ReleaseTag -replace '^v'
 $semVersion = [System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion] $version
 
-## All even minor versions are LTS
-$LTS = if ( $semVersion.PreReleaseLabel -eq $null -and $semVersion.Minor % 2 -eq 0) {
-    $true
-} else {
-    $false
-}
+$metadata = Get-Content "$location/tools/metadata.json" -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
+
+$LTS = $metadata.LTSRelease
+
+Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "LTS is set to: $LTS"
 
 function BuildPackages {
     param(

tools/releaseBuild/macOS/PowerShellPackageVsts.ps1

@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@ if ($Build.IsPresent) {
         $version = $ReleaseTag -replace '^v'
         $semVersion = [System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion] $version
 
-        ## All even minor versions are LTS
-        $LTS = if ( $semVersion.PreReleaseLabel -eq $null -and $semVersion.Minor % 2 -eq 0) {
-            $true
-        } else {
-            $false
-        }
+        $metadata = Get-Content "$location/tools/metadata.json" -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $LTS = $metadata.LTSRelease
+
+        Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message "LTS is set to: $LTS"
     }
 }