2012/3/22 Robert <[email protected]>:
> There is not a perfect solution, as Dave indicated beta may not mean much to
> managers.

Yeah, it does nothing ;-) Beta, Alpha, GA is all the same for them.

> A hard line approach would be to reclassify all prior releases of Struts 2,
> as  beta or alpha, does Struts have a not recommended classification ?

No, we just strongly advise to upgrade.

> Then change the download page,http://struts.apache.org/downloads.html,
> wording for older releases
>
> from:
> 'As a courtesy, we retain archival copies of the website for each "General
> Availability" release.'
>
> to
> 'As a courtesy, we retain archival copies of the website for releases that
> initially were considered "General Availability"
> but which has been reclassified as "Not recommended" since they contain
> security issues'
>                                  ^ or beta/alpha ^

Hmm... interesting idea, worth consideration :-)

> Then instead of listing just the prior version of the web site, explicitly
> list the vulnerabilities these releases are known/assumed to contain.
>
> Struts 2.X Releases
>           Release,           Approx Rel Date,  Vulnerability
>
>    Struts 2.3.1.1 ,   2012/1/23       S2-009
>    Struts 2.3.1,       2011/12/14,    S2-008  likely : S2-009
>    Struts 2.2.3.1,    2011/9/7,        likely : S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.2.3 ,      2011/5/7,        S2-007   likely : S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.2.1.1 ,  2010/12/21,    S2-006   likely : S2-007, S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.2.1,       2010/8/16       likely : S2-006, S2-007, S2-008,
> S2-009
>    Struts 2.1.8.1,    2010/8/16       S2-005    likely : S2-006, S2-007,
> S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.1.8,       2009/9/30,      likely : S2-005, S2-006, S2-007,
> S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.1.6,       2009/1/5,        likely : S2-005, S2-006, S2-007,
> S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.14,     2008/11/16,   likely : S2-005, S2-006, S2-007, S2-008,
> S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.12,     2008/10/16,   likely : S2-005, S2-006, S2-007, S2-008,
> S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.11.2,  2008/6/22,     S2-004,   S2-003,   likely : S2-005,
> S2-006, S2-007, S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.11.1,  2008/3/2,       likely : S2-003, S2-004, S2-005,
> S2-006, S2-007, S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.11,     2007/9/21,      S2-002   likely : S2-003, S2-004,
> S2-005, S2-006, S2-007, S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.9,       2007/7/23,      likely : S2-002, S2-003, S2-004,
> S2-005, S2-006, S2-007, S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.8,       2007/6/6,        S2-001   likely : S2-002, S2-003,
> S2-004, S2-005, S2-006, S2-007, S2-008, S2-009
>    Struts 2.0.6,       2007/2/18,      S2-001   likely : S2-002, S2-003,
> S2-004, S2-005, S2-006, S2-007, S2-008, S2-009

I think that's the best part, even without reclassification it clear
shows why to upgrade to latest GA. I think we can introduce that
change smoothly, by consensus. Any objections ?


Kind regards
-- 
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