NoOp escribió: > Phillip Chee pointed out this in: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531210 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531210#c15> > <quote> > The SeaMonkey 2.0.x branch is in maintenance mode. Only security and > stability fixes are allowed. > </quote> > > If this is the case, then shouldn't standard users be notified of this on: > http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ > particularly since that is the "Official" download site and the supposed > official release of SeaMonkey?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but SeaMonkey 2.0.x entered into maintenance mode since the 2.0.0 version, as usually happens with every Mozilla product (the only exception I remember of is Firefox 3.6.4, when OOPP feature was introduced). Being in maintenance mode doesn't mean it is insecure or that it has reached is End Of Life. It means that no new features will be added to that branch. This is no news at all in Mozilla world since I remember (and I'm involved as a localizer to it since 2002). > As a 'User' of SeaMonkey (in both personal and production environments), > I'd appreciate an "official" comment from the SeaMonkey devs/project > management as to whether SeaMonkey 2.0 is "in maintenance mode" and if > "Only security and stability fixes are allowed" for 2.0. I'm not an official voice for SeaMonkey Council, but I'm pretty sure the above (both yours and mine) assertions are true. > I'd also appreciate comments as to the direction of SeaMonkey; > - will users go through yet another SM 1.x to 2.0 transition in the near > future? The transition will be 2.0 to 2.1 and it hopefully will be ready shortly after Firefox 4 launch (although this largely depends of available time of core contributors, besides how many people can help with bugs). > - will provisions be made for importing/exporting lightning calendars? That's my biggest concern, too. :-) > - what can users expect in the 2.0 to 2.1 transition? If you test SM2.1b1, you can see most of the changes. From my own experience, most of the changes are seamless and for the better; I only found some problems importing bookmarks, but I didn't really try it seriously. Well, and of course, Lightning doesn't work at all at the moment. > As you all know, it was a pretty difficult transition for some users to > go from SM 1.x to 2.0. If 2.0 is now "maintenance only" mode, then I > wonder if it is worth continuing with SeaMonkey further. I think you have misunderstood the meaning of "maintenance mode". It has always been that way for every major release in Mozilla (as I said, with the OOPP exception of Firefox 3.6.4) that no new features are added and only security and stability fixes are provided for minor releases. HTH _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
