Re: [Koha-devel] Workflow improvement suggestions for security releases

2021-10-19 Thread Kyle Hall
Thanks Chris! I suppose the next question is, does a 2 year LTS cycle sound right for Koha? Kyle --- http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.

Re: [Koha-devel] Workflow improvement suggestions for security releases

2021-10-19 Thread Chris Cormack
We have very few (I think none) 19.11 libraries left. Almost all of our libraries are either running 21.05 or in the process of upgrading). However we have committed to maintain 19.11 for the community for at least one more cycle. It's very low maintenance as its pretty much just security patc

Re: [Koha-devel] Workflow improvement suggestions for security releases

2021-10-19 Thread Kyle Hall
> For 22.05, Calalyst and Wainui are offering to maintain 19.11, and > there is a gap as there is no candidate for 20.05. > So it's kind of our first LTS :) > I suppose we need to understand Catalyst's upgrade strategy a bit more. It we as a community are going to do LTS, we need to really commit

Re: [Koha-devel] Workflow improvement suggestions for security releases

2021-10-18 Thread Jonathan Druart
Thanks for your reply, Kyle! (And sorry for my delayed answer, your message hit the spam folder!?) Inline replies below. Le jeu. 7 oct. 2021 à 13:15, Kyle Hall a écrit : >> >> 1. LTS >> I think it's time to have a Long Term Support release. We noticed that >> some people are still using very old

Re: [Koha-devel] Workflow improvement suggestions for security releases

2021-10-07 Thread Kyle Hall
> > 1. LTS > I think it's time to have a Long Term Support release. We noticed that > some people are still using very old versions, having a version that > is maintained several years could help them. > We could backport critical security bugs only. 4 (5?) years would be great. > This has been pr

[Koha-devel] Workflow improvement suggestions for security releases

2021-10-06 Thread Jonathan Druart
Hello devs, As you must know we had two hard months, several very bad bugs hit us. The release team had to coordinate and it was not an easy task. We noticed some flaws in the workflow and I would like to suggest some improvements to discuss. The main problematic issue is to backport patch series