| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Do we really need a 7.4.22 release now? |
| Date: | 2008-09-20 21:58:17 |
| Message-ID: | 1479.1221947897@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> Are we ready enough to actually put a *timeline* on the website?
> I would think so. IMO:
> 3 years - Maintenance mode only
> 5 years - End of life
I'm not really in favor of a one-size-fits-all approach to this.
Our various releases have had different levels of uptake and don't
necessarily all deserve the same support lifespan.
Case in point: we already obsoleted 8.0 and 8.1 for our Windows users.
How sensible is it to argue that they'll deserve a lifespan equivalent
to 8.2's?
The above numbers seem reasonable as a rough guideline, but I think the
actual decisions will need to be taken on a release-by-release basis.
regards, tom lane
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