Nathan Hartman <[email protected]> writes:
> May I suggest (warning: bikeshed ahead):
>
> - Only release line N receives full support.
>
> - Release lines {N-1, N-2, …} receive security-only support and
> critical bugfixes (e.g., corruption).
>
> My rationale for limiting full support to release line N is that
> during that time, we're (hopefully) working towards release line N+1.
> I think it will be more manageable.
Sounds good to me.
To recap, this is what the updated policy would look like:
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Starting with 1.15, all release lines are supported for at least 3 years.
At least one release line is always supported.
A release line becomes EOL when:
- It has been supported for at least 3 years.
- There is a new minor release line with an age of at least 3 months.
Among the supported release lines:
- The latest release line ("N") receives full support.
- Other release lines (N-1, N-2, …) receive security-only support and
critical bugfixes, e.g., related to data corruption.
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>From the RM perspective, I'd be willing to move forward with it for 1.15.
So I'm going to propose such release policy change via a separate thread,
to ensure that it gets appropriate attention.
Thanks,
Evgeny Kotkov
