On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > In my mind, it's only about bug fixes backport, nothing else. > I do as much as I can, but for instance it's a while now I don't do it for > R4.0. > I want to make that clear and have a reference for users...
+ 1 > > Jacques > > From: "David E Jones" <[email protected]> >> >> Do we even have a policy about supporting releases, let alone a policy >> about which releases to support? >> >> In other words, what can a user of Apache OFBiz expect to get as part of >> this "official" support? >> >> -David >> >> >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> >>> Thanks Hans, >>> >>> Yes of course this is only Apache OFBiz policy... >>> >>> Jacques >>> >>> From: "Hans Bakker" <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> When you do not get a response in a reasonable time. I would suggest to >>>> ahead with the subject as you proposed. yes, I think it is safe to assume "Lazy Consensus" in this case >>>> >>>> In general this is a fair statement, in practice providers will support >>>> the customers independent of the version they use? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Hans >>>> >>>> On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 06:41 +0200, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I can't believe nobody is interested in this? >>>>> >>>>> Jacques >>>>> >>>>> From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> >>>>> > I'd simply suggest to not support releases older than 4 years... This >>>>> > would be a perfect timing for R4.0 (was in 2007) that > we >>>>> > can't reasonnably no longer support and is a simple policy anybody >>>>> > can remember easily >>>>> > >>>>> > So we could annonce that officialy has did Tomcat team below, >>>>> > opinions? >>>>> > >>>>> > Jacques >>>>> > >>>>> > From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> >>>>> >> Hi, >>>>> >> >>>>> >> I'd suggest that we define a simple official policy about supported >>>>> >> releases. There are still people asking for support on >> >> 4.0. >>>>> >> But this version is more than 4 years old and I think any of the >>>>> >> commiters still use it regularly and want to support it. >> For >>>>> >> instance it's now hard to backport things there. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> We could take Tomcat policy as an example: >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> The Apache Tomcat team announces that support for Apache Tomcat >>>>> >>> 5.5.x >>>>> >>> will end on 30 September 2012. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> This means that after 30 September 2012: >>>>> >>> - releases from the 5.5.x branch are highly unlikely >>>>> >>> - bugs affecting only the 5.5.x branch will not be addressed >>>>> >>> - security vulnerability reports will not be checked against the >>>>> >>> 5.5.x >>>>> >>> branch >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Three months later (i.e. after 31 December 2012) >>>>> >>> - the 5.5.x download pages will be removed >>>>> >>> - the latest 5.5.x release will be removed from the mirror system >>>>> >>> - the 5.5.x branch in svn will move from /tomcat/tc5.5.x to >>>>> >>> /tomcat/archive/tc5.5.x >>>>> >>> - the links to the 5.5.x documentation will be removed from >>>>> >>> tomcat.apache.org >>>>> >>> - The bugzilla project for 5.5.x will be made read-only >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Note that all 5.5.x releases will always be available from the >>>>> >>> archive. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> It is anticipated that the final 5.5.x release will be made shortly >>>>> >>> before 30 September 2012. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Thoughts? >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Jacques >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz >>>> Alternative ofbiz website: http://www.ofbiz.info >>>> http://www.antwebsystems.com : Quality services for competitive rates. >>> >>> >> > > >
