+0

Thanks,
Marius

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi devs,
>
> Given that each development cycle usually starts with bigger changes and
> ends with a couple of stabilization releases, IMHO it makes sense to keep
> the last branch of a cycle maintained for a while longer.
>
> Our current strategy is to only support two branches at a time, the one
> being developed, and the one before it. This means that as soon as [N].0 is
> released, [N-1].5.x is dropped. However, the [N-1].5.x branch is much more
> stable and polished than the fresh new start of the cycle, so more people
> would be interested in using that stable version, especially in enterprise
> situations. Thus, I propose to amend our support rule to keep the
> end-of-cycle branch active for, let's say, 6 months. Still, this means only
> that we backport major or critical issues, which would improve the stability
> of that branch, without any new features.
> --
> Sergiu Dumitriu
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