Re: [DISCUSS] LTS releases?

2015-07-03 Thread sebgoa
On Jul 2, 2015, at 4:58 PM, Remi Bergsma r...@remi.nl wrote: Bug fixing in older releases is actually a lot of work. For security related issues we could maybe do it. Personally, I prefer to have a fast release cycle and smooth (tested) upgrade paths over 2-year LTS release cycle. It's

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS releases?

2015-07-03 Thread sebgoa
On Jul 3, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Rene Moser m...@renemoser.net wrote: Sebastien, So wouldn't it be nice to make clear which release is still supported and which release is not? On 03.07.2015 09:20, sebgoa wrote: I think we got in a situation with 4.4 that called for us to keep

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS releases?

2015-07-03 Thread Rene Moser
Sebastien, So wouldn't it be nice to make clear which release is still supported and which release is not? On 03.07.2015 09:20, sebgoa wrote: I think we got in a situation with 4.4 that called for us to keep maintaining 4.3….and even after 4.5 was released. Because 4.3 was seen as a good

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS releases?

2015-07-02 Thread Remi Bergsma
Bug fixing in older releases is actually a lot of work. For security related issues we could maybe do it. Personally, I prefer to have a fast release cycle and smooth (tested) upgrade paths over 2-year LTS release cycle. It's more agile. As a bonus, people get the new features. The more

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-12-01 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hi everyone, Thanks for a great discussion. I understand it may be difficult to support releases for several years with CloudStack’s fast paced development, and the statistics Leo shared are certainly not what I was aiming for. I think it will be difficult to gather agreement in this stage

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-28 Thread Leo Simons
Hey hey, Ooh, interesting topic. I'm going to top-post because I want to focus on the big picture! * Apache HTTPD provides 8+ years of support for old releases. * Tomcat provides 6+ years of support for N-2 release. * Ant provides 12+ years of backward compatiblity, so far. (details below) I

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-27 Thread Andrija Panic
my 2 cents again: Whether we have this LTS release or not - is not just about having release - we need a WAY to focus here on FIXING, POLISHING product and more important to stimulate/make developers interested in doing so. If this was company owned product, it would be very easy to set goals,

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-27 Thread sebgoa
On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Andrija Panic andrija.pa...@gmail.com wrote: my 2 cents again: Whether we have this LTS release or not - is not just about having release - we need a WAY to focus here on FIXING, POLISHING product and more important to stimulate/make developers interested in

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-27 Thread ChunFeng
; Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Andrija Panic andrija.pa...@gmail.com wrote: my 2 cents again: Whether we have this LTS release or not - is not just about having release - we need a WAY to focus here on FIXING, POLISHING product and more important

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-27 Thread Andrei Mikhailovsky
want to have a production ready system and they perhaps be less likely to install and test the non-LTS release. Andrei - Original Message - From: ChunFeng chunf...@domolo.com To: dev dev@cloudstack.apache.org Sent: Thursday, 27 November, 2014 10:36:46 AM Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] LTS

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-27 Thread ChunFeng
-- From: Andrei Mikhailovskyand...@arhont.com; Date: Thu, Nov 27, 2014 08:51 PM To: devdev@cloudstack.apache.org; Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases ChunFeng, I think as long as there is a change to the current efforts it will improve the stability of the product. At the moment, it is clearly

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-26 Thread Pierre-Luc Dion
I'm not really in favor of LTS support, it's a good idea, but not sure it can be backed by the community?[open question here ;)]. I don't think it fit in our current model for few reasons: - Upgrade path might become impossible as patches become part of multiple versions. We could end up with

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Wido den Hollander
Hi, On 11/25/2014 12:30 PM, Rohit Yadav wrote: Hi, During CCCEU14 conference and over emails, I spoke with many CloudStack users and I think most of us would like to have and use LTS releases. I propose that; - We encourage a habit to backport a bugfix to all qualifying branches

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Nux!
Like Wido, I also agree with LTS, but also think 4.3 is kind of old by now and 4.4.2 is looking good. Perhaps take a step back and see how 4.5 goes and start with that one? -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro - Original Message - From: Rohit Yadav

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hi Wido and Lucian, There are many ways to get to a stable product including fixing coverity issues, unit/integration tests etc. but one of those ways is to simply support existing releases with bugfix releases because most CloudStack users just don’t care about git workflows, or coverity or

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Daan Hoogland
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Rohit Yadav rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com wrote: The 4.4 branch does not contain many bugfixes which are in 4.3 and on master/4.5. That is worrying, Rohit. As the rest of your mail is already a vote of distrust, this part says we should not release 4.4.2 as it

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Nux!
! Nux! www.nux.ro - Original Message - From: Rohit Yadav rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com To: us...@cloudstack.apache.org Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Sent: Tuesday, 25 November, 2014 13:40:23 Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases Hi Wido and Lucian, There are many ways to get to a stable

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Nux!
- From: Daan Hoogland daan.hoogl...@gmail.com To: dev dev@cloudstack.apache.org Cc: us...@cloudstack.apache.org Sent: Tuesday, 25 November, 2014 13:56:12 Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Rohit Yadav rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com wrote: The 4.4 branch does

RE: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Vadim Kimlaychuk
...@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases Daan, I like 4.4 better than 4.3 for my use case and despite the bugs I hit it does its job. If I were to deploy today it would still be with 4.4. Hope this makes you feel better. :-) Lucian -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Daan Hoogland
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Nux! n...@li.nux.ro wrote: I like 4.4 better than 4.3 for my use case and despite the bugs I hit it does its job. If I were to deploy today it would still be with 4.4. Hope this makes you feel better. :-) It makes me feel the hero;) Seriously, I don't feel

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hey Daan, On 25-Nov-2014, at 7:26 pm, Daan Hoogland daan.hoogl...@gmail.com wrote: That is worrying, Rohit. As the rest of your mail is already a vote of distrust, this part says we should not release 4.4.2 as it contains regressions. Looks like you skimmed my email and missed the following

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Daan Hoogland
Rohit, I consider you my friend and colleague, I could reply on everything said but do not want to escalate on all the details. The only remark I want to make is that 4.4 is open for commits from here on in. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Rohit Yadav rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com wrote: Hey Daan,

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Hugo Trippaers
Top posting here as my remarks are mainly on the original topic. I’m not in favor of supporting LTS releases as a community. The reasoning here is that there is a huge chance that we will fragment the community in people that just want to work on the latest and greatest and some other folks who

Re: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases

2014-11-25 Thread Andrei Mikhailovsky
- Original Message - Hi, During CCCEU14 conference and over emails, I spoke with many CloudStack users and I think most of us would like to have and use LTS releases. I propose that; - We encourage a habit to backport a bugfix to all qualifying branches whether or not those