On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Jeff Trawick <traw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > >> Anyone else think it's time to EOL 2.2 and focus >> on 2.4 and the next gen? My thoughts are that http/2 >> and mod_h2 will drive the trunk design efforts and so >> it would be nice to focus energy on 2.4 and later... >> > > People here focus their energy on whatever they want. It takes a small > number of people to keep a stable branch going (technically 3, but in > practice a slightly higher number). Instead of the group choosing EOL or > only-security-fixes-of-some-minimal-severity or something else for a stable > branch based on what many people think is interesting to them for whatever > reason, I think that the project should limit its concern to ensuring that > the community understands the state of the branch and that it is EOL-ed > when a sufficient number of people don't care. > actually, "when a sufficient number of people don't care" is what I'm arguing against :) make that "when an insufficient number of people care" > > What we need to know for the 2.2.x branch is basically this: > > Developers (committers or not): > > [ ] I am willing to help resolve security issues in the 2.2.x branch. > [ ] I am willing to help address non-security issues in the 2.2.x branch. > > PMC members: > > [ ] I am willing to test and vote on proposed 2.2.x releases. > > Maybe this comes up to the same answer, maybe not. > > (This is not a call for vote; I'm suggesting a very different mindset > towards 2.2.x from "nice to focus energy on" and "time to EOL 2.2 and focus > on".) > > -- > Born in Roswell... married an alien... > http://emptyhammock.com/ > > -- Born in Roswell... married an alien... http://emptyhammock.com/
