Because the day some unforeseen critical bug pops up in future, you won't find
any support from the community as the version is already EOL.
ThanksAnuj
On Friday, 8 January 2016 10:57 PM, Jonathan Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com>
wrote:
Why wouldn't you keep a bug free version of something in production? If I
found a version of *anything* that was bug free I don't think I'd ever upgrade
again.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:18 AM Anuj Wadehra <anujw_2...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
Thanks Robert !!!
"I don't run X.Y.Z versions where Z is under 6, so in general this does not
result in me not-running-a-version-I-otherwise-would-have for longer than a few
months each year."Agree !! But, if you upgrade to a version greater than X.Y.6,
and then it goes EOL within months, you won't like to keep that version in
Production even if it's bug free.
Thus, like some of the other Apache Open Source products, I think following
points are worth considering:
1. EOL should be based on "most stable"/"production ready" version date rather
than "GA" date of subsequent major releases.2. I think we should have "Formal
EOL Announcement" on Apache Cassandra website.
3. "Formal EOL Announcement" should come at least 6 months before the EOL, so
that users get reasonable time to upgrade.4. EOL Policy (even if flexible)
should be stated on Apache Cassandra website
Please share your feedback.
ThanksAnuj
On Friday, 8 January 2016 12:07 AM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com>
wrote:
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Anuj Wadehra <anujw_2...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
I would like to understand how various users are dealing with the situation.
Are you upgrading Cassandra every 3-6 mths? How do you cut short your
planning,test and release cycles for Cassandra upgrades in your
application/products?
I upgrade Cassandra an average of once a year.
I don't run X.Y.Z versions where Z is under 6, so in general this does not
result in me not-running-a-version-I-otherwise-would-have for longer than a few
months each year.
There is really not that much penalty to being behind the curve, in fact there
is often a significant penalty to being on the cutting edge.
=Rob
