I Agree. > I propose to declare end-of-life on all the release lines prior to 4.14.
I think we should have a clear end-of-life policy for BookKeeper. > For me having two release lines is acceptable. We'd better not define the end-of-life policy based on the release lines number. Thanks, Hang Yong Zhang <zhangyong1025...@gmail.com> 于2022年9月28日周三 09:05写道: > > Agree. > > >In my opinion we should formalize this process in order to have a clear > vision when 4.16.0 will be out. > This will also help users to understand the entire lifecycle of the > project. > For me having two release lines is acceptable. > > I think that depends on how long we will stay on a major version. > > Most of the time, we release the major version to include some new features. > If we have some new features in a short time, we may have multiple major > releases. In this case, we need to have more release lines. > > how about a fixed timeline? > > > Makes sense to me. Is the upgrade path straightforward? For example, > Apache Pulsar 2.7.5 currently uses release line 4.12, so it would need > to be upgraded to at least 4.14 if we wanted to stay on a supported > version. > > If we have good compatibility, that should be easy :) > > Thanks, > Yong > > On Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 01:50, Michael Marshall <mmarsh...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Makes sense to me. Is the upgrade path straightforward? For example, > > Apache Pulsar 2.7.5 currently uses release line 4.12, so it would need > > to be upgraded to at least 4.14 if we wanted to stay on a supported > > version. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 3:08 AM steven lu <lushiji2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > +1 I agree. > > > > > > Nicolò Boschi <boschi1...@gmail.com> 于2022年9月27日周二 16:00写道: > > > > > > > I agree. And it actually reflects what we're doing in the community > > (only > > > > cherry-pick to branches 4.14 and 4.15). > > > > > > > > In my opinion we should formalize this process in order to have a clear > > > > vision when 4.16.0 will be out. > > > > This will also help users to understand the entire lifecycle of the > > > > project. > > > > > > > > For me having two release lines is acceptable. > > > > > > > > Nicolò Boschi > > > > > > > > > > > > Il giorno mar 27 set 2022 alle ore 08:43 Enrico Olivelli < > > > > eolive...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I propose to declare end-of-life on all the release lines prior to > > 4.14. > > > > > > > > > > We wanted to follow a time-based release plan, but actually we are > > not > > > > > following it. > > > > > > > > > > This is the doc on our website > > > > > https://bookkeeper.apache.org/community/releases > > > > > > > > > > If nobody objects, I will start a separate thread with a VOTE for > > this > > > > > resolution. > > > > > > > > > > End-of-life generally means "no more releases" so: > > > > > - no more bug fixes > > > > > - no more security fixes > > > > > - no patches accepted to be cherry-picked to those branches > > > > > > > > > > Please chime in with your thoughts > > > > > > > > > > Enrico > > > > > > > > > > >