---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:12:45 -0700 >From: Jeremy Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba 3.2, Samba 3.3 release planning >To: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [email protected],[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:35:50PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: >> Quoting Michael Adam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> >> > If I am not completely wrong, this had been decided as well >> > as follows: A release will reach EOL when the next release >> > goes into maintenance mode, i.e. when the second next release >> > comes out. With the aimed release cycle of 6 months, this means >> > that each release will go into maintenance mode after 6 months >> > and reach EOL anonther 6 months later. Example: 3.2 will go into >> > maintenance mode in december 2008, when 3.3 is scheduled for >> > release, and 3.2 will reach EOL around June 2009 (?) when 3.4 is >> > scheduled. >> > >> > At least that is what Karolin had proposed and as far as I >> > remember at least noone had objected. (Time will tell if the >> > workload is manageable with such a tight release cycle.) >> >> >> have you folks settled on a security support maintenance window, >> i.e. having some kind of commitment to try supporting security patches >> for releases that are no longer in maintenance mode. >> >> You see where I'm going, I think: what will happen if security issues >> are discovered after June 2009 ? Is there a chance that, at least in a >> best effort mode, some patches are provided for 3.2.* series? > >Yes, I think it's reasonable to provide security patches for >a year after release, and I'll commit (personally) to doing >that. >
Thanks Jeremy. And, of course, thanks to Karolin, Jerry and the rest of the Samba team. I think I will attempt a parallel 3.2, 3.3 release for those who are not ready to make a jump right away to a new relase. Many thanks too all! Cheers, Bill >Jeremy. >-- >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
