It looks like solr 7.7.x is currently designated as the LTS version on the website. https://lucene.apache.org/solr/downloads.html
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 11:36 AM Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have zero interest in having an LTS “policy” that requires any further > commitment of my personal time to random people who ask for it but aren’t > willing to pay. I consider my non-paid work to Solr a _volunteer_ activity, > not something anyone has a right to demand as “support”, long-term or > otherwise. > > Best, > Erick > > > On Nov 13, 2019, at 12:34 PM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote: > > > > We've had somebody on the Solr mailing list asking questions about our > LTS version. > > > > The thing about this is that we don't really HAVE an LTS version. Our > major version release pace and the way we deal with older branches mean > that a single major version branch is never in a given state for long > enough to really qualify as "long term". > > > > The 7.x branch is in maintenance mode, so most problems that people > encounter with it will only be addressed in a future 8.x version. In my > mind, that means it doesn't qualify as LTS. The current stable branch is > always getting new features, which I think disqualifies that branch for the > LTS label. > > > > The tomcat project has an interesting way of determining when support > ends. Here's a message outlining it: > > > > https://markmail.org/message/6wycxatwzwycmf43 > > > > My question is: Do we want to change what we do here, or are we happy > with the current model? If we did change it, I'm not completely sure what > that would look like. > > > > Thanks, > > Shawn > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- Adam Walz
