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Please don't call me lazy. I tried to understand the announcement and it just didn't make a whole lot of sense so I asked questions about it. @cperciva answere
by X-Istence 12y ago
Please don't call me lazy. I tried to understand the announcement and it just didn't make a whole lot of sense so I asked questions about it.
@cperciva answered those questions for me in a much more pleasant way than you did.
That being said, the reason I am confused is because it doesn't really change anything. Releases were already for the most part supported for 5 years, and new releases were already cut once every two years (look at 9.0-RELEASE and 10.0-RELEASE).
- cperciva 12y agoit doesn't really change anything The timeline for dropping support of point releases is important. The rest is mainly about improving communication: Many users were not aware that we supported releases for 5 years, for example, because all they ever saw was the advertised "12 months" or "24 months" for point releases.
- X-Istence 12y agoYes, the understanding for how long point releases will be supported makes a lot of sense and will definitely help. The rest (5 year support timeline) was already something I understood from having followed the project for some time, I just didn't understand if this announcement changed my understanding thereof.