Scrappy wrote:
> is there a reason why we can't follow a similar 4+3 life cycle?
> packagers r produced for the first 4y after .0 release and only source
> updates for year 5 thru 7?
>
> if we could advertise such on the web, there would be no question as
> to when bug reports are accepted (n+4y) and when only security ... and
> after y7, it's just not supported at all ...
>
> that would kill packager requirements on 8.0, 8.1 (as of last month)
> and totally kill 7.4 as of nov '10
>
>
What packagers produce is surely up to them. If RedHat or Devrim or Dave
want to produce a package that's their prerogative.
And IMNSHO 4 years is too short a period for non-security bugs. We have
seen odd behaviour issues past those dates.
The time between these periodic debates seems to be getting shorter and
shorter.
cheers
andrew