On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM Evgeny Kotkov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nathan Hartman <[email protected]> writes: > > > If I understand Evgeny's proposal correctly, it means: > > > > Starting with 1.15, all releases are supported for at least 3 years, > > or until 3 months after the next minor release, whichever is later. > > I think this description would be easier to parse if we specify the > criteria > when a release becomes EOL (see below). > > > It would only support {N-1, N-2, ...} releases if they happened within > > the last 3 years (plus the 3 month overlap). > > > > After that, they become EOL. > > > > Is my understanding correct? > > Yes, +1 to that. > > However, building on the original suggestion, I think we could also have an > additional variation, distinguishing between "full support" and > "security-only > support". > > Assuming security-only support requires less maintenance, this acts as a > small > escape hatch if we somehow end up with three or more active release lines > simultaneously. Personally, I'm fine with either approach, but there might > be cases when having this variation could be useful. > > The whole policy could then be structured as: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Starting with 1.15, all releases are supported for at least 3 years. > At least one release line is always supported. > > The release line becomes EOL when: > - It has been supported for at least 3 years. > - There is a new minor release with an age of at least 3 months. > > Among the supported releases: > - Release lines {N, N-1} receive full support. > - Release lines {N-2, N-3, …} receive security-only support. > > > Thanks, > Evgeny Kotkov > Looks mostly good to me. May I suggest (warning: bikeshed ahead): - Only release line N receives full support. - Release lines {N-1, N-2, …} receive security-only support and critical bugfixes (e.g., corruption). My rationale for limiting full support to release line N is that during that time, we're (hopefully) working towards release line N+1. I think it will be more manageable. Thoughts? Nathan
