I think we probably don't need such a long term support version at the moment. The roadmap is based on Dubbo 3, and we will distinguish the upgrade compatibility of each minor version. Otherwise, I am afraid that if we declare that one of the versions will be long term support, users will not use other versions.
On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 5:25 PM YunKun Huang <hty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree to have a clean support model so it can make it clear for all > users. > > I'm thinking if we also need something like a long term support version? > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 2:31 PM Albumen Kevin <album...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > We currently maintain too many versions (2.7, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2...), > > and the roadmap of the end of each version has not been determined. > > So, I would like to start a discussing on the plan of Dubbo. > > > > I suggest that we define the roadmap of new versions as follows: > > > > *Feature for 6 months.* After that will not merge any feature and will > make > > the version stable. > > *Bugfix for 12 months*. After that will not merge any bugfix except > > security issues. > > *Security maintain for 18 months.* > > > > In order to make it more clearly, I will enumerate both from the > > maintenance roadmap of each version and what we have to do at > > each point in time. > > > > Version Status > > > > 2.7 > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.3 Security > > 2023.3 ~ EOL > > > > 3.0 > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.3 Security > > 2023.3 ~ EOL > > > > 3.1 > > GA (General Availability) version will be released after 2022.9. > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.3 Bugfix > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.9 Security maintain > > 2023.9 ~ EOL > > > > 3.2 > > EA (Early Access) version will be released after 2022.9. > > GA (General Availability) version will be released after 2023.3. > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.3 Feature > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.9 Bugfix > > 2022.9 ~ 2024.3 Security maintain > > 2024.3 ~ EOL > > > > 3.3 > > EA (Early Access) version will be released after 2023.2. > > GA (General Availability) version will be released after 2023.9. > > 2023.2 ~ 2023.9 Feature > > 2023.2 ~ 2024.3 Bugfix > > 2023.2 ~ 2024.9 Security maintain > > 2024.9 ~ EOL > > > > 3.4 > > EA (Early Access) version will be released after 2023.9. > > GA (General Availability) version will be released after 2024.3. > > 2023.9 ~ 2024.3 Feature > > 2023.9 ~ 2024.9 Bugfix > > 2023.9 ~ 2025.3 Security maintain > > 2025.3 ~ EOL > > > > Timeline > > > > 2022.9 ~ 2023.3 > > 3.0 Security maintain > > 3.1 GA Release, Bugfix > > 3.2 EA, Feature > > > > 2023.3 ~ 2023.9 > > 3.0 EOL > > 3.1 Security > > 3.2 GA Release, Bugfix > > 3.3 EA, Feature > > > > 2023.9 ~ 2024.3 > > 3.1 EOL > > 3.2 Security > > 3.3 GA Release, Bugfix > > 3.4 EA, Feature > > > > Thanks, > > Albumen Kevin >
