On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 07:53:25AM -0800, Joshua Drake wrote: > #2 This is a longer topic. I have been stewing in my head about > releases for years. I have even brought up the idea of an Ubuntu > style release cycle on list once or twice. The more I think about > it, the more I think this can help our community. We essentially > would have two types of releases: > > STS: > > * Supported for 1 release cycle plus 6 months (18-24 months) > * Inline upgrades supported > > LTS: > > * Supported for standard 5 years > * Is allowed to break binary format from STS but not previous LTS. > This allows two LTS versions per 5 year support cycle
I just don't buy the Ubuntu release model for our database. Ubuntu is trying to balance hot features vs stability, while we are really focused on stability, similar to Debian. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Roman grave inscription + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
