-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Adam
On 07/04/14 09:54, Adam Conrad wrote: >> MongoDB upstream maintain even point releases as stable releases >> which >>> only receive bug fixes as part of minor point releases (see [1] >>> for an example). That said, stable releases are only >>> maintained for 18->24 months (obviously counter to the 5 year >>> support period for 14.04). For this reason, we’d also like >>> permission to introduce new stable versions of MongoDB via this >>> package in the future. > A vast majority of our upstreams don't maintain stable releases for > the length of our LTS, this isn't (on its own) a valid reason to go > bumping to new major versions willy-nilly. We backport security > fixes as holes are found, we don't just toss our hands in the air > on the promise of an LTS having stable APIs and ABIs because it's > "too hard". When we discussed this a vUDS many moons ago I think the rationale for this was if we hit a critical or security bug which could not be backported to the stable release on MongoDB, based on complexity and associated risk, rather than generally as and when. I guess we would deal with that as an exceptional SRU rather than requiring a blanket 'you can do major release upgrades' from the TB. It would require deeper testing than a regular point release anyway. Does that sound like a more sensible approach? - -- James Page Ubuntu and Debian Developer james.p...@ubuntu.com jamesp...@debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJTQsysAAoJEL/srsug59jDpFIP/i5qOZpC+1jZ4d1fwl4xcTv8 7A7j/yPnd+IFDWAu9eFCEv3VzWP6xnzBKu66xQ1ETQVQDHhfwZypLyy5QP847bmt YixABk5zqN7UXWNAM0iBiIt9yzsBs3dO7NmEG6z09dt5EBybhRy4gHiHkBnXBfos TDhJon3OQJ1gFMb9IrDoEMKlI/kBEnDlZ6yDsnOrGPezmVdXzNypX81E67GvIsCz 1Tt1wEDa5Cb5xeBtZhZG5TM25ofVukrhkotsXZ/8u+l6+8Xm39qExyQhaRFcl8ZF B9oNL6Gzq8MUu+uqwKhTlXwcTU3p6rbYu0xcqBsZ1j3TvhVd6F33j1cWxll8oJ7e spADuhbN14hKnZ6PF6bJIKVp6Ht6Na8Ccv9EQZEzg3qYG9jsiF9Uo5YPF5hIizjO jQtP/mDYvZZ84Ea1XvBdSzENpy+MZNALXNFYWu9cKH05LHakKUS/9DD5/5pkPDLs AR0lqSccxD9Fu/3XlRpepiBwK/g1tnGe4seg0vhM0y0xXbk/enYdenAQtKlQ1q7o dg8aMCkQBx/E790HoiP0Br6wISV8o4zcAT+aOvSVRdrwx13HEwlyrbQ88mVCCf6b O36SMzMYr8RR6bM5pKYpus+1Tl0LMuKyGkh12Vn3jHF302+BHd7QsjNZJ4uYlsu9 xDTFP9WN6VuGAxt0Z66p =tDMA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- technical-board mailing list technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
