Hi From the user perspective LTS is a welcome move. I liked the approach which is proposed here. You can also refer to Ubuntu release cycle[1] where every 6 month there is new release and every 2 year there is LTS release. LTS are supported for 5 years. So if we sum up, Every fourth release is LTS, and life of LTS is for 2.5 LTS cycle.
For camel world the release would be more frequent compared to Ubuntu So every six month 1 LTS and two releases in between should be fine. If we want more frequent release we can have 3 non LTS release in between, i.e. release after every 6 weeks. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Thanks and Regards, Hemang Ajmera -----Original Message----- From: Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> Sent: 02 March 2020 17:00 To: dev <dev@camel.apache.org> Subject: Re: Tentative release schedule for Camel 3.x releases in 2020 Ups the last two should be flipped, eg Camel 3.5.0 in Oct 2020 (no LTS) Camel 3.6.0 in Dec 2020 (LTS) On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 12:26 PM Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > Lets put a tentative release schedule for Camel 3.x for this year, > where we make it more obvious which releases are LTS and which are > not. > > For example having 2 yearly LTS releases and then non TLS in between > allows us to innovate and move faster, but also offer production safe > stable branches where end users can stay on for a longer time and get > CVE and important/critical bugfixes only. Note that we should shy away > from doing other fixes on these LTS branches as they are meant for > "rock sold and only really important bug fixes". Not small > improvements, and it would be nice to have if X can also do this etc. > Lets put this kind into the non LTS releases first (when possible). > > A plan could be something like > > Camel 3.1.0 in Feb 2020 (no LTS) > Camel 3.2.0 in April 2020 (no LTS) > Camel 3.3.0 in June 2020 (LTS) > Camel 3.4.0 in Aug 2020 (no LTS) > Camel 3.5.0 in Oct 2020 (LTS) > Camel 3.6.0 in Dec 2020 (no LTS) > > And then we do Camel 3.3.x and 3.6.x patch releases from time to time, > and for about 12 months, eg 2 LTS's back, eg 3.3.x is EOL when Camel > 3.9.0 LTS is released (about 1 year later). > > > Any thoughts? > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > http://davsclaus.com @davsclaus > Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2 -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- http://davsclaus.com @davsclaus Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2
