| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Maintenance Policy? |
| Date: | 2009-07-11 01:05:59 |
| Message-ID: | 21B3F4CB-2199-4F53-9BB3-A167B6ADFDEE@kineticode.com |
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On Jul 10, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I don't mind the idea of saying "our intention is to support new
> releases for about five years", or something equally squishy.
> But a list of dates in black and white does not look reasonable,
> especially not dates that are four or five years out for versions
> that have zero track record. We have no idea whatsoever what the
> future will bring.
I think that it would be useful to have the squish comment, but also a
list of versions that are definitely no longer supported, and when
support ceased.
Best,
David
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