I agree with the removal of LTS designation - there’s no formal commitment from the community to support this or that release for that long.
Even though in practice bug fixes are often backported to older branches that are still widely used, there’s no actual contract to do so, and implying there is one is misleading. > On 13 Nov 2019, at 22:46, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > > : The term LTS is used loosely and we actually do not promise anything. What > we say is > : > : > 7.7.x Version in the previous major release for bugfixes only (LTS) > ... > > : Being the one coining the LTS phrasing I am not opposed to changing it > : to something else. But through the years we have used that term I have > : not seen a lot of such requests. > > I didn't realize you had put that up on the site -- it does seem very > missleading to me as the "LT" in "LTS" is suppose to mean "Long Term" but > we do not -- in practice or intent -- have any plans as a project to > support "7.7.x" in particular any longer then we would any other arbitrary > "latest" minor release. > > Nor did we ever give users who initially installed 7.7.0 when it came out > any reason to think it would be "supported" (and get bug fixes) for a > "longer term" then a hypothetical 7.8.0 that might have come out a day > after they installed some 7.7.x, and replace it's row on that page that > you've labeled "LTS". > > We may not have ever gotten questions about it, but that may just be > because people have very specific assumptions about what it means, and > never thought to ask questions to verify those assumptions. > > I think, given how the project *actually* supports releases, I think we > should remove references to "LTS" from that page, and leave the other > description "Version in the previous major release for bugfixes only" as > it stands -- or perhaps tighten it up even more: "Version in the previous > major release that may get bug fixs" > > > -Hoss > http://www.lucidworks.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
