a) +1 b) I'd lean on a short grace period.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 11:52 PM Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> wrote: > a) +1 > b) b2/b3 (if other CVEs are approaching) > > Examples: https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0.x-eos.html > > > Am 18.06.2026 um 05:23 schrieb Martin Wiesner <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi all, > > > > given recent security fixes that landed in OpenNLP's main branch and the > request for back porting these changes to the very oldskoolish 1.9.x line > [1], the people involved noticed that the efforts to maintain three > separate version lines along the road were pretty high and resource > consuming. > > > > Therefore, I'd like to propose to (finally) declare Apache OpenNLP 1.9.x > EOL publicly via a News announcement on the project's website. > > > > Primary questions: > > (a) Do we have consensus that such an EOL announcement is long overdue > and should be put out rather soonish? > > (b) Time of the announcement: Options that I see: > > - b1: Directly with the projected release of the 1.9.5, marking it as > the last release ever to be expected for OpenNLP 1.x. > > - b2: Shortly after - with a grace period - for instance End of July > 2026, or similar short ranged targets. > > - b3: End of year 2026, that is Dec 31, 2026 > > (c) Are there any requirements by the ASF to put out an EOL > announcement? Jeff, do you have infos about it? > > > > Open for others to add thoughts and related aspects to this discussion. > > Please share your opinions and provide (your) answers to question (a) to > (c). > > > > Best > > Martin | mawiesne > > -- > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/nvzl4g2b6rc149nf54xpnorjso5h0mlp >
