On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:04 PM Sesterhenn, Jörg <joerg.sesterh...@debeka.de> wrote:
> Hi, please let me give you a users perspective: > > 1) deprecate *every* version that is not likely to get an important > issue (even if it only concerns a core plugin) fixed timely - no matter > how old it is. Anything else is lying to yourself and your users about > your capability. There is no shame in not beeing able to support a > version after the next one was released given that this support is not > beeing paid for. > > 2) think about (and communicate) support cycles before you introduce > breaking changes. Only provide *one *LTS-Version if you feel you can > handle that commitment. > > 4) try to support usecases rather than plugins - if something old needs > to be droped you can provide a new solution instead of dragging old > stuff with you > > 5) try and do contnuous delivery. If you can not because of the way that > plugins are kept apart from maven try at least to introduce regular > releasetrains with small changesets. maybe eclipse could step in and > help with that ? > > I believe all this would help users and developers to deal with changes > in a more professional way. This could also free up time to introduce > new concepts and features that are long overdue. > Nice message! Gary > > Regards > > Jörg Sesterhenn > > -- > Jörg Sesterhenn > Referent > > Debeka Krankenversicherungsverein a. G. > Debeka Lebensversicherungsverein a. G. > Debeka Allgemeine Versicherung AG > Debeka Pensionskasse AG > Debeka Bausparkasse AG > > Abteilung IT-Grundlagen & -Engineering > IT-Prozesse und Automatisierung (IE/P) > 56058 Koblenz > > Telefon: (02 61) 4 98 – 14 55 > Telefax: (02 61) 4 98 – 15 41 > > E-Mail: joerg.sesterh...@debeka.de > Internet: www.debeka.de > > Besuchen Sie uns auch in sozialen Netzwerken. > Unsere Adressen finden Sie hier: www.debeka.de/socialmedia > > Pflichtangaben der Debeka-Unternehmen > gemäß § 35a GmbHG / § 80 AktG: www.debeka.de/pflichtangaben > >
