Re: Unclear EOL - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Unclear EOL
Date
Msg-id 21209.1536508887@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Unclear EOL  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: Unclear EOL  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> Perhaps what we should be considering at this point is if the project's
> EOL policy should be changed, based, in part, on the fact that we've
> changed our minor release policy.  As some may recall, we didn't always
> have specific dates listed for minor releases either.

True, there used to be no planned release schedule at all.

> As for a specific suggestion, I would amend our current policy to state
> that we support each major version for 5 years, with the last release of
> a given major version being the planned minor release following the 5
> year mark.

Seems reasonable to me.  Maybe s/planned/scheduled/ for clarity.

            regards, tom lane


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