* Bryen M Yunashko
On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 11:52 +0200, Stephan Kulow wrote:
Greetings, Stephan This also raises the question of support for N-2. With 18 months support, 11.4 EOL's in September. By default, that means N-2 gets supported for 2 months after the most current release is released.
This also raises the question of support for N-2. With 18 months support, 11.4 EOL's in September. By default, that means N-2 gets supported for 2 months after the most current version is released.
N+2 = (13.1) Slated for November 2013 N+1 = (12.3) Slated for March 2013 (now possibly skipped) N = (12.2) Slated for July 2012 (now delayed) N-1 = (12.1) Supported until May 2013 N-2 = (11.4) Supported until September 2012
Perhaps we should remove the "18-month Rule" and re-define it as "N-2 gets support always until 2 months after most current version is released"?
I believe that is the most logical scenario.
If we modified this then, assuming 12.2 releases in September:
N+2 = 13.2 Slated for release July 2014 (release and support cycles back to normal) N+1 = 13.1 Slated for release November 2013 N = 12.2 Slated for release September 2012-Supported until September 2014 N-1 = 12.1 Supported until January 2014 (because 12.3 is dropped) N-2 = 11.4 Supported until November 2012 (extended because of 12.2 delay)
I'm not proposing a discussion about the overall opinion of whether 18 months is adequate in general. Only in terms of how it affects the current release cycle schema.
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