[pgpool-hackers: 1031] Re: Support policy

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> On 09/01/2015 02:32 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> Now that we are going to release 3.5 this fall, I would like to define
>> our official community support policy.
>>
>> My thought is, support will be back to five releases, which is same as
>> what we currently do (supported branches are: 3.4, 3.3, 3,2, 3.1 and
>> 3.0).
>>
>> That means when 3.5 is out, the support for 3.0 will be dropped.
> 
> I think this can be a little too fluid. What if one release takes 3
> years to get out? Sure, it isn't currently likely but still.

Ok, let's say 5 years, instead of 5 versions. However, we may continue
the support a little bit longer than 5 years. For example pgpool-II
3.0 was out in September 2010. If we strictly apply the "5 years
rule", we will drop the support this month but I don't think we can
make 3.5 out this month (probably October or November, instead). I
would like to continue the support for 3.0 until 3.5 is out.

> My
> recommendation is 3 years for standard support, 5 years for EOL
> support. After five years, we move on.
> 
> Standard Support:
> 
> Bug fixes relating to security or data loss
> 
> EOL Support:
> 
> Security fixes only

-1. Too complex. Even PostgreSQL does not make such a distinction.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
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