Jo Rhett wrote:
Some quite lively offline discussion has come to conclusion with the
following suggestions to change the support policy. Obviously, this is
what we feel would be a good idea, but it's obviously open to
discussion and there's nobody demanding anything here. It just seems
"better".
[...snip...]
Note2: This new policy would not change the support period for 6.4 if
it is the final release, but it does completely resolve the need to
"guess" whether or not it will be the final release.
The notable change that I believe will encourage business participation
in the testing/evaluation process is that 6.4 is guaranteed to be
supported either 24 months, or at least 6 months past the release date
of 6.5. (recent history suggests this would be 15-19 months). This
encourages businesses to test and evaluate 6.4 NOW, rather than waiting
until a decision about the support policy is made.
Repeat from the top: nobody is demanding anything. I think this policy
would make a lot more sense, and would promote forward movement. Feel
free to correct me if we overlooked anything. Thanks.
I read the whole thread about releases schedule and I second your
proposed changes. It makes things clear to me and I'll be happy if this
concept will be accepted by FreeBSD team.
Miroslav Lachman
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