On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Jo Rhett wrote:
On Sep 21, 2008, at 1:57 AM, Robert Watson wrote:
This is precisely what we already do -- we guarantee we will support the
last release on a branch for 24 months after the release. The point of
concern being discussed is that we can't tell you for sure which minor
release will be the last release at the time that release goes out the
door, because the extent to which we keep releasing on old branches depends
in large part on how the new branch looks.
I think you are using "last release" in a different way. "the last release"
is always the most release release. Right now 6.3 will have support for
longer than 6.4 will, which is the nature of the problem I raised. If you
always supported the most recent release for 24 months then we wouldn't have
any problem.
My calendar disagrees with you on this point -- 18 months from September,
2008, is after 24 months from January, 2008. And I think it's much more
likely the release will go out in October.
I mean seriously, if you were to say "We will support 6.4 for 24 months
*unless* we find it necessary to release 6.5 then I'd be totally happy.
But that's not what is being said.
I think we pretty much are saying that: whatever the final release is will be
supported for 24 months. 6.4 will likely be it on 6.x, but we're not 100%
committed to that being the final decision because we want to see 7.1 shake
out well.
Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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