Re: Unclear EOL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL WWW <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unclear EOL
Date: 2018-09-09 16:01:27
Message-ID: 21209.1536508887@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> Perhaps what we should be considering at this point is if the project's
> EOL policy should be changed, based, in part, on the fact that we've
> changed our minor release policy. As some may recall, we didn't always
> have specific dates listed for minor releases either.

True, there used to be no planned release schedule at all.

> As for a specific suggestion, I would amend our current policy to state
> that we support each major version for 5 years, with the last release of
> a given major version being the planned minor release following the 5
> year mark.

Seems reasonable to me. Maybe s/planned/scheduled/ for clarity.

regards, tom lane

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