Re: Maintenance Policy?

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Maintenance Policy?
Date: 2009-07-11 01:05:59
Message-ID: 21B3F4CB-2199-4F53-9BB3-A167B6ADFDEE@kineticode.com
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On Jul 10, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> I don't mind the idea of saying "our intention is to support new
> releases for about five years", or something equally squishy.
> But a list of dates in black and white does not look reasonable,
> especially not dates that are four or five years out for versions
> that have zero track record. We have no idea whatsoever what the
> future will bring.

I think that it would be useful to have the squish comment, but also a
list of versions that are definitely no longer supported, and when
support ceased.

Best,

David

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