More data points and history to ponder, with placeholders to reflect the passage of time;
1998-06-06 Initial 1.3.0 Release 1999-03-24 Stable 1.3.6 Release (last major MMN bump) 2000 2001 2002-04-05 Initial 2.0.35 Release 2002-09-24 Stable 2.0.42 Release (last major MMN bump) 2003 2004 2005-12-01 Initial 2.2.0 Release 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010-02-02 Final 1.3.42 Release 2011-02-02 End of 1.3.xx Life (security patches) 2012-02-21 Initial 2.4.1 Release 2013-02-21 End of 2.0.xx Life (originally planned) 2013-07-09 Final 2.0.65 Release, true EOL 2014 ????-??-?? Initial 2.6.0/3.0.0 Release ????-??-?? Final 2.2.?? Release 1.3 Lifespan; ~11 Years - ~8 Years overlap w/ 2.0 (+1 year of security attention/patches) 2.0 Lifespan; ~11 Years - ~8 Years overlap w/ 2.2 2.2 Current clock 9 1/2 years, ~3 Years overlap w/ 2.4 Largest difference? 2.4 arrived 3 years later than the 2.0, 2.2 cadence. Nov 2004 discussion of an EOL Policy for 2.0; http://markmail.org/message/sbddhnoxnz36howj?q=+end+of+life+httpd+1%2E3+list:org%2Eapache%2Ehttpd%2Edev&page=3 State of the 1.3 ecosystem when voting to deprecate in Jan 2010; http://markmail.org/message/z34jplaw2vk2mfsk?q=end+of+life+httpd+1%2E3+list:org%2Eapache%2Ehttpd%2Edev Discussion of the EOL of 2.0 in Sept 2011; http://markmail.org/message/hyf72mrrgggjk4ij?q=apache+httpd+2%2E0+end+of+life The 1.3.42 Announcement/EOL statement http://markmail.org/message/her5q6wcmvvv42tr?q=apache+httpd+1%2E3%2E42+announce The 2.0.65 Announcement/EOL statement; http://markmail.org/message/kkgtum56qfqi6xix?q=apache+httpd+2%2E0%2E65+announce On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Houser, Rick <rick.hou...@us.pgds.com> wrote: > Mageia: > > Mageia 3 released with Apahe 2.4 in April 2013 > Apache 2.2 (via Mageia 2) reached EOL in November 2013 >