Re: EOL is when?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: EOL is when?
Date: 2010-06-24 14:32:00
Message-ID: 12812.1277389920@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 15:39, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>> On 24/06/10 14:41, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> Our versioning policy
>>> (http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy)
>>> says that we EOL 7.4 and 8.0 "July 2010". Does that mean July 1st or
>>> July 31st?
>>
>> Probably means one more minor release, and that's it.

> Yes, but I care about what actual date we mean. A month is a lot of time :-)

There is no "actual date" as yet. Whenever the next set of minor
releases come out will be the last one for 7.4 and 8.0. We'll keep
back-patching those branches as appropriate up till then.

regards, tom lane

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