I like this initiative. I think this would be valuable to set an expectation around supportability.
Cheers, *Will Stevens* CTO <https://goo.gl/NYZ8KK> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > I've cross-posted this as it ultimately effects users more than developers. > > I've created a wiki page with the EOL dates from the respective 'vendors' > of our main supported hypervisors and mgmt. server OSes. > I've taken End Of Life to be the end of 'mainstream' support i.e. the > point at which updates to packages will no longer be available. And part > of the discussion should be whether this EOL date should be moved out to > consider end of security patching instead. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/ > WIP+-+UNOFFICIAL+-+PROPOSAL+-+EOL+Dates > > I would like to propose, that as part of the release notes for the > forthcoming 4.11 release and as a general announcement, that we declare > that: > > > * For any OSes/Hypervisors that are already EOL - we will no longer > test/support them from the first release after June 2018 (6 months from > now). And they will be removed from codebase (mainly the database) in the > first release after Sept 2018 (9 months from now). > * We set End Of Support dates and Removal from Code dates for the > remaining OSes/Hypervisors. I propose that End Of Support should be the > first release after EOL from the vendor, with code removal taking place in > the first release which occurs after 6 months from 'vendor' EOL date. > > Thoughts please........ > > > Kind regards, > > Paul Angus > > > paul.an...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > > >
