Re: Maintenance Policy? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Maintenance Policy?
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Msg-id 21B3F4CB-2199-4F53-9BB3-A167B6ADFDEE@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Maintenance Policy?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Jul 10, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> I don't mind the idea of saying "our intention is to support new
> releases for about five years", or something equally squishy.
> But a list of dates in black and white does not look reasonable,
> especially not dates that are four or five years out for versions
> that have zero track record.  We have no idea whatsoever what the
> future will bring.

I think that it would be useful to have the squish comment, but also a  
list of versions that are definitely no longer supported, and when  
support ceased.

Best,

David


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