This all sounds very sensible Stephan.
Gives stability to those who need it and flexibility to those who want to run
more bleeding edge versions.
Cheers
Neill
Stephan Gambke <s7ep...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Ok, digging this out again.
>
>On 5 December 2012 22:39, James HK <jamesin.hongkon...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> # What would LTS mean in connection with SMW ?
>
>Provide LTS versions of the Semantic Bundle.
>
>This would mean:
>* to branch off versions* of SMW
>* to include updated versions of extensions in the Semantic Bundle as
>long as they support the relevant SMW version
>* to branch off versions of these extensions once they stop supporting
>the relevant SMW version
>* to clearly state extensions contained in the bundle including their
>versions
>* to clearly state compatibility of the bundle to MW versions
>* to apply patches to contained extensions if somebody provides them
>
>* Considered versions of SMW would be the last minor versions before
>the release of a new major version of SMW, i.e. 1.5.6, 1.6.1, 1.7.1,
>...
>Of these only take one per year and support it for two(?) years. This
>would mean 1.6.1 (2011), 1.8 (2012), and 1.10 (2013).
>
>
>> # Which implications would LTS have on future developments ?
>
>Extension developers should anounce new versions of their extensions
>stating compatibility of their extension to MW and SMW. They should
>tag release versions of their extensions in git.
>They should also think about if a bug or feature is important enough
>to be backported.
>
>> # Why would SMW need/want to support a LTS infrastructure ? What
>would
>> be the benefit ?
>
>Availability of stable Semantic Bundles on older MWs, giving people
>more time to plan their updates and allow them to do updates less
>often.
>
>
>> # Who will do LTS for SMW and what infrastructure is needed to
>support
>> LTS (own branch etc.)
>
>I would do the administration work incl. applying patches. I would in
>general not do backporting.
>
>I would propose to keep download versions on Google Code along with
>the regular packages and document the contents on
>semantic-mediawiki.org and/or mediawiki.org, e.g. as subpages of the
>extension page.
>
>
>> # Would LTS mean a freeze release or do features from a development
>> branch are back ported to a LTS?
>
>See above. Basically freeze for SMW and extensions that don't support
>the frozen SMW anymore. Patches applied if provided.
>
>What do you think?
>
>
>> # SMW 1.8 supports MW 1.17/1.18+
>> # SMW 1.9 is planned to support MW 1.19/1.20/1.21 / PHP 5.3 or
>greater
>> # SMW 1.10 is planned to support MW 1.20 (or 1.21 pending on the
>release date)
>
>Maybe think about that again. SMW 1.6 to 1.8 all supported up to two
>year old MW versions. With the roadmap as it is this would drop to one
>year for 1.9.
>
>SMW -> MW: Delay
>1.6 (30/07/2011) -> 1.15 (25/03/2009): 2.3 years
>1.6.1 (20/08/2011) -> 1.15 (25/03/2009): 2.4 years
>1.7 (01/01/2012) -> 1.16 (22/02/2010): 1.9 years
>1.7.1 (05/03/2012) -> 1.16 (22/02/2010) 2.0 years
>1.8 (02/12/2012) -> 1.17 (07/12/2010): 2.0 years
>1.9 (15/03/2013) -> 1.19 (09/02/2012): 1.1 years
>1.10 (15/08/2013) -> 1.19 (09/02/2012): 1.5 years
>
>Cheers,
>Stephan
>
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