[pgpool-hackers: 1036] Re: Support policy

[Joshua D. Drake]

On 09/02/2015 03:51 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> 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.

I like the 5 years, which mimics PostgreSQL's support policy but why do 
we want to support 3.0 until 3.5 is out? We have 3.4,3.3,3.2,3.1?

Sincerely,

JD


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