On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if the ´new management´ at AOO ;) has any plans with regards to > ´long term support´ for AOO?. >
We've discussed this topic previously. You'll read more if you search the list archives for "LTS". IMHO the point of LTS is that someone can deploy and expect not to be surprised by new bugs for a period of time. They can expect to do light maintenance, with patches, but the project will try hard to avoid introducing any incompatibilities for that stream. One hurdle we have currently is that we require a complete download and install for revision. We have no patch or incremental update mechanism. So maintenance is not quite what users would expect in an LTS situation. I think we need to resolve that issue before we can effectively make any kind of LTS statements. -Rob > supported (bugfixes-stability and security issues if any) for the next ´x´ > years. > > Or just how long each version is supported (say, if an AOO 4.0 is released, > for how long AOO 3.4x will continue having security fixes, etc). > > Not that I have any worries or needs on the particular... I was just > thinking about Ubuntu´s "LTS" releases scheme and the thought crossed my > mind if AOO project leaders had something like that in mind, or the talk of > release lifetime was ever thojught or even discussed... > > So, I´m all ears. ;) > FC > > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act > - George Orwell
