What Oleg proposed (sorry for the top post) is fine with me. Gary
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 05:36 Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 10/28/2022 11:07 AM, Michael Osipov wrote: > > Am 2022-10-28 um 11:01 schrieb Oleg Kalnichevski: > >> Folks > >> > >> I would like to start the release process for HttpCore 5.2 GA followed > >> by HttpClient 5.2 right after. > >> > >> Will there be at least two more PMCs around to help me with the > releases? > > > > I am here.. > > > > Great. Thank you. > > > We should also discuss whether 5.2 will fully supersede 5.1. It is more > > than enough to maintain three branches, 4.5.x, 5.0.x and 5.x. > > > > I was going to open a discussion on the 5.1.x long term support after > the 5.2 GA, but let's get started right away. > > The only reason to maintain 5.1.x in parallel to 5.2.x is to have a Java > 1.7 compatible version with HTTP/2 support mainly for Android as a > target platform. I see no other reason to choose 5.1 over 5.2. > > At the same time it looks increasingly less likely someone in their > right mind would pick Java language over Kotlin on Android. The main and > only reason to maintain the 5.1 line any longer is gone, in my opinion. > > I propose we do one more release of 5.1 and then focus exclusively on > 4.5.x (GA) 5.2.x (GA) and 5.3.x (ALPHA). > > Oleg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org > >
