On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 2:42 PM Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote:
> We attempted to collect feedback on the mailing lists but did not get much > input. From my experience (mostly based on dataflow) there is a sizeable > group of users who are less interested in new features and want a version > that is stable, that does not have security issues, major data integrity > issues etc. In Beam's existing release model that corresponds to the latest > release. > > It would help a lot if we can hear the perspectives of other users who are > not present here through the developers who work with them. > Perhaps user@ and Twitter are good ways to reach relevant audience. A poll could look like this: The Beam community is considering LTS (Long Term Support) for selected releases. LTS releases would only contain critical bug fixes (security, data integrity etc.) and offer an alternative to upgrading to latest Beam release with new features. Please indicate your preference for Beam upgrades: 1) Always upgrading to the latest release because I need latest features along with bug fixes 2) Interested to switch to LTS releases to obtain critical fixes 3) Not upgrading (using older release for other reasons)