>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, William Hubbs wrote: > Please discuss. Did I leave out any steps? Are there any points I > have left out besides the time window between steps 2 and 3? Should > there be a time window before removing baselayout-1? What about > between steps 1 and 2? What do you consider to be a reasonable time > window before we stop supporting migration from baselayout-1 to > baselayout-2/openrc? I'm thinking on the order of a few months, but > not years.
We have a policy on this, see <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20091109-summary.txt>: | Upgrade path for old systems | ---------------------------- | Vote (unanimous): The ebuild tree must provide an upgrade path to a | stable system that hasn't been updated for one year. So the time window should be at least one year after stabilisation of baselayout-2 and openrc. Ulrich
