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Add Chef Workstation using release dates from https://discourse.chef.io/ and https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_workstation/

Note: As an ex-PM and engineer on this project I think their stated support structure is a bit of a lie, but it's what they claim. According to their site they fully support both 2024 and 2025, but they only roll forward so any issue in 2024 (CVE or bug) is always going to be met with a support request that you upgrade to the latest. "Technically" 2024.x.x is in active support though so I marked it as such.

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@BiNZGi BiNZGi added the new-product This PR adds a new product to the website. label Jun 10, 2025
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Thanks for this contribution @tas50. Here are my first comments.


> [Chef Workstation](https://docs.chef.io/workstation/) gives you everything you need to get started with Chef -
> ad hoc remote execution, remote scanning, configuration tasks, cookbook creation tools as well as robust
> dependency and testing software - all in one easy-to-install package.
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Could you add a description of the release / support policy (similar to https://endoflife.date/chef-infra-server for example) ?


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> [Chef Workstation](https://docs.chef.io/workstation/) gives you everything you need to get started with Chef -
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We try to avoid being too "commercial" and detailed in the description, could you provide a shorter and more neutral description. See https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/wiki/Style-Guide#text for some guidelines.

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I took a stab at a more neutral version

Add Chef Workstation using release dates from https://discourse.chef.io/
and https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_workstation/

As an ex-PM and engineer on this project I think their states support
structure is a bit of a lie, but it's what they claim. According to
their site they fully support 2024 and 2025, but they only roll forward
so any issue in 2024 (CVE or bug) is always going to be met with a
support request that you upgrade to the latest. "Technically" 2024.x.x
is in active support though so I marked it as such.

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <[email protected]>
@tas50 tas50 force-pushed the tas50/chef-workstation branch from 38ded31 to bf3614a Compare July 12, 2025 11:22
tas50 added 3 commits July 12, 2025 13:22
This should probably get added in the future, but it's not there now

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <[email protected]>
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