Daniel Sahlberg wrote on Sun, 22 May 2022 21:07 +00:00:
> Den mån 9 maj 2022 kl 14:12 skrev Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 7:38 AM Daniel Sahlberg <
>> daniel.l.sahlb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Den sön 8 maj 2022 kl 02:21 skrev Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>:
>>>
>>>> Daniel Sahlberg wrote on Sat, 07 May 2022 18:37 +00:00:
>>>> > Den lör 7 maj 2022 kl 14:17 skrev Daniel Shahaf <
>>>> d...@daniel.shahaf.name>:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Daniel Sahlberg wrote on Sat, 07 May 2022 09:53 +00:00:
>>>> >> > I've committed the changes in r1900649.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I wonder if this merits a news entry on /index.html?  Just "1.10.x is
>>>> >> EOL; please upgrade to 1.14".
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > Good point. I also considered this, but I couldn't find any other
>>>> > release being announced EOL so I elected to not do this. I'm open
>>>> > to reconsider!
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Until today, most releases that have gone EOL did so either by virtue of
>>>> a subsequent .0 release being made (1.0 through 1.8) or at about the
>>>> same time as a subsequent .0 release being made (1.11 through 1.13
>>>> inclusive).  In either case, at about the time of a release's going EOL
>>>> there would have been a news entry (and announce@ post, and possibly
>>>> a press release) about the new release, and the new release's release
>>>> notes would have pointed out, at the very end, that previous releases
>>>> were EOL'ed by the new release. So, to someone who knew our "support two
>>>> release lines" policy, EOLings were very visible.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Good point. I saw this in the release notes but I can't find anything in
>>> announce@. Is the new release policy something we want to announce?
>>>
>>> I've added a news item in 1900735 et al.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think we should announce it.
>>
>> The proposed news item looks good.
>>
>> One thing I might change is to suggest updating "as soon as practical," or
>> something to that effect, and point out that 1.10.8, released last month,
>> is available as a final 1.10 release.
>>
>
> Thanks, sounds like a good idea. I've added this in r1901130.
>
> Can I just copy the news item text and post to announce@

+0.5 to post to announce@ (and users@).  Might want to post the full
draft here (including subject, etc.) first, though?

> (I suppose I will have to configure my @apache.org address as sender).

Yes.  It's mail-relay.apache.org:587.

Cheers,

Daniel

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