Den tors 11 nov. 2021 kl 16:21 skrev Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com>:
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:42 PM Daniel Sahlberg
> <daniel.l.sahlb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There has been some discussion but I don't think there was an actual
> > decision taken. So I'm throwing in a suggestion to add the following
> > text to packages.html (just below the regarding "larger collections of
> > software", and before the Centos Linux header):
> >
> > <p>A condition to be listed is to provide "reasonably new" versions.
> >    This should be interpreted as the latest patch release of any of the
> >    supported versions (at the time of writing: either of 1.10.6 or 1.14.1).
> >    The rule will be implemented with a fair amount of flexibility to
> >    allow time to release new packages, as well as any considerations
> >    regarding the release process. Please discuss at the <a
> >    href="mailto:users@subversion.apache.org";>Subversion users mailing
> >    list</a>.</p>
> >
> > I believe it is reasonable to accept someone distributing only 1.10.6
> > since there may be acceptable reasons not to distribute 1.14.1 (for
> > example dependencies that are not possible to build on a certain
> > platform).
> >
> > I added the "considerations regarding the release process" as a way to
> > ignore Linux distributions since they might ship what was current at
> > the time of their release and backport any important security fixes.
>
> It could be included directly in the text itself. For example:
>
> <p>A condition to be listed is to keep current with security fixes by
>    offering the latest supported patch release or by backporting
>    security patches. The rule will be implemented with a fair amount
>    of flexibility...

Thanks for the feedback. I copied verbatim and committed as r1894956

Kind regards,
Daniel

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