I reactivate this thread :) Except if some remarks expressing reticence appears, I propose to
* publish the version 18.12.01 this month * create the release branch 21.09 with official support of java 11 * migrate the trunk to support for java 17 Suggest ? On 24/12/2020 06:18, Pranay Pandey wrote: > +1 to the original proposal and to the additional idea for skipping r20 and > making an r21. > > As discussed defining the 5 Years support policy will surely help. > > Best regards, > Pranay Pandey > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 5:39 PM Aditya Sharma <adityasha...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> +1 to the initial proposal of release >> >> 3 years of support for r17 and 5 years of support starting with r18 >> sounds good to me. >> I think we can define a policy well stated on our release page >> >>>> with an additional idea: maybe better skip r20 and make a r21 right at >>>> the beginning of the year with the chance to release also in 21. >> +1. We can think upon defining a timeline for stabilizing new release >> branches with a tentative time period like maybe 3-12 months. There >> are numerous new features that our users can benefit from and defining >> certain timelines may reduce the wait time. >> >> -- >> Thanks and Regards, >> Aditya Sharma >> >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 4:38 PM Jacques Le Roux >> <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >>> Le 22/12/2020 à 10:08, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : >>>> If we don't release R20 it means that we will at best release R21 at >> the end of 2021, again a lot of years between 2018 and 2021. >>> OK forget it, OK this does not make sense, anyway it will be end of >> 2021, OK for me for a brand new R21 :) >>> But we need to release R18 ASAP... >>> >>> Jacques >>>
