Joan, agreed! We'd want to support the 1.x line for 12 months, I think.
On 8 May 2013 19:25, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, in that case when there's a 2.0 ready to go, we'd also support > 1.latest for (some indefinite but non-zero period of time). > > You've convinced me, +1! > > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 06:33:43PM +0100, Robert Newson wrote: > > I'm +1 on 1.3.0 being the upgrade back for 1.2.anything in general. > > > > If we stick with semver this is the expected path. > > > > On 8 May 2013 18:26, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Noodles a little while longer...* > > > > > > In fact, I am not even sure why we recently did that 1.2.2 release. > > > Unfortunately, I think we got into the habit of thinking that minor > version > > > numbers mean breaking changes. Because, in the past, this has sometimes > > > been the case. For those people who wanted that fix in the 1.2.2, I > should > > > have said "please upgrade to 1.3". Unless there are breaking changes > that I > > > do not know about? (If there is, please tell me. There is nothing in > NEWS > > > or CHANGES that I can see.) > > > > > > What are your thoughts on this? > > > > > > > > > On 8 May 2013 18:06, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I don't know what the Apache stance is on things, but I'm -1 on > deleting > > >> the 1.2.x branch. "n and n-1" support is fairly common, unless you > want > > >> to consdier n == HEAD and n-1 == 1.3.x. > > >> > > >> Otherwise +1. > > >> > > >> -Joan > > >> > > >> On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 07:34:14PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > > >> > Devs, > > >> > > > >> > We're switching over to time-based releases. > > >> > > > >> > I took a moment to review our existing release branches today, and > I have > > >> > prepared a list of recommendations for you. Please review these and > give > > >> me > > >> > feedback. > > >> > > > >> > By "drop support" I mean "make official" and while this is > ostensibly the > > >> > case for a few of these, what I _really_ mean is "delete the > branch". I > > >> see > > >> > no reason to keep this stuff around. It would make my life a lot > easier > > >> if > > >> > we could clean this stuff up. > > >> > > > >> > I'm not a Git expert, so I am relying on someone to sanity check > this. > > >> > Remember: if we ever want to patch up a security issue in an > unsupported > > >> > release, we will be issuing a patch. So I am assuming what we'll > want to > > >> do > > >> > is patch against the last tag for that release line. No need for the > > >> branch > > >> > at all as far as I can tell. > > >> > > > >> > If nobody objects in 72 hours, I will assume lazy consensus and > proceed. > > >> > > > >> > ## 0.10.x line and before > > >> > > > >> > Really old stuff. > > >> > > > >> > Recommendation: > > >> > > > >> > * Drop support of these release lines > > >> > * Delete the branches > > >> > > > >> > ## 0.11.x line > > >> > > > >> > First release: March 2010 (three years old) > > >> > > > >> > Unreleased changes: > > >> > > > >> > * Fix for frequently edited documents in multi-master deployments > being > > >> > duplicated in _changes and _all_docs. > > >> > > > >> > Recommendation: > > >> > > > >> > * Do not release these changes > > >> > * Drop support of this release line > > >> > * Delete the branch > > >> > > > >> > ## 1.0.x line > > >> > > > >> > First release: July 2010 (three years old) > > >> > > > >> > No unreleased changes. > > >> > > > >> > Recommendation: > > >> > > > >> > * Drop support of this release line > > >> > * Delete the branch > > >> > > > >> > ## 1.1.x line > > >> > > > >> > First release: July 2011 (two years old) > > >> > > > >> > No unreleased changes. > > >> > > > >> > Recommendation: > > >> > > > >> > * Drop support of this release line > > >> > * Delete the branch > > >> > > > >> > ## 1.2.x line > > >> > > > >> > First release: April 2012 (one year old) > > >> > > > >> > No unreleased changes. > > >> > > > >> > 1.3.x line is backwards compatible with 1.2.x. > > >> > > > >> > Recommendation: > > >> > > > >> > * Drop support of this release line > > >> > * Delete the branch > > >> > > > >> > ## 1.3.x line > > >> > > > >> > First release: April 2013 (one month old) > > >> > > > >> > Unreleased changes: > > >> > > > >> > * Whatever bugfixes are on master or in branches right now. > > >> > > > >> > Recommendation: > > >> > > > >> > * Release 1.3.1 this month. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks, > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > NS > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Joan Touzet | [email protected] | wohali everywhere else > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > NS > > -- > Joan Touzet | [email protected] | wohali everywhere else > -- NS
