Re: Supported versions

From: Andrus Adamchik (andru..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Thu May 20 2010 - 09:00:08 UTC

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    >> Are we advanced enough to have a formal policy of supporting two
    >> major versions of Cayenne? If so, something we should put on the
    >> web site?

    Absolutely. I think we do need a clear road map and a page on the
    website (not on wiki) listing what releases we support and what is the
    sunset date for the oldest of those. When closing the Jiras against
    discontinued releases, we need to make sure they do not affect newer
    releases, otherwise such jiras simply need to be rescheduled.

    Now the question of what we put on that road map. here are my thoughts:

    1. Now: I think that while 1.2 and 2.0 are the same thing, it helps if
    we announce now that we stopped supporting 1.2. 1.2 adds to the effort
    of preparing a release, as it is done from SourceForge infrastructure.
    So lets encourage the upgrade.

    2. Nearest future: I'd also like to discontinue support for 2.0.x at
    some point (maybe after we have a 3.0.1 maintenance out). The upgrade
    path to 3.0 is rather trivial, so I don't see why we should keep it
    around. Also the new 3.1 doesn't support upgrade from 2.0, only from
    3.0, so this is yet another reason to encourage people to upgrade now
    to avoid pain in the future.

    Evgeny, you committed a bunch of fixes to the 2.0 branch, so maybe you
    can give us your point of view on that. I am open to anything,
    including making a 2.0.5 before announcing 2.0.x sunset, or keeping it
    around longer, but if we have no good reasons to expect a 2.0.6, I'd
    rather we encourage our users to upgrade to 3.0.

    Andrus

    On May 11, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Michael Gentry wrote:
    > 1.2 and 2.0 are the same release, though. Just different package
    > spaces.
    >
    >
    > On May 11, 2010, at 5:08 AM, Aristedes Maniatis <ar..aniatis.org>
    > wrote:
    >
    >> You'll notice that I tagged the 1.2 release on the site as
    >> "archived" that is to imply it is not going to get future updates.
    >> Should I close the Jira tasks associated with it and should we send
    >> out a formal announcement of the end of life of that version?
    >>
    >> Are we advanced enough to have a formal policy of supporting two
    >> major versions of Cayenne? If so, something we should put on the
    >> web site?
    >>
    >> Ari
    >>
    >>
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