[OpenSIPS-Users] [OpenSIPS-Devel] [RFC] New Release Policy for OpenSIPS project

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

On 11/30/2012 07:24 PM, Ryan Bullock wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu 
> <bogdan at opensips.org <mailto:bogdan at opensips.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Ali,
>
>     Thanks for feedback - regarding the support for previous releases,
>     Saul raised the same point as you, and I have to admit I didn't do
>     the math - 2 release ~= 1 year, which indeed is too short - I mean
>     this will force an upgrade each year.
>
>     So, we need to somehow get to ~ 2 year lifetime for a release. My
>     suggestion is to actually set a life span for 2 years.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>     OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>     http://www.opensips-solutions.com
>
> What about adding a long term support branch that is released every 
> two years and supported for 2 years, and then a release every 6 months 
> for 'standard' releases. Each standard release would be supported for 
> 1 year.
>
> Something like this, assuming 1.10 is the first long term support:
> 1.10 - Long term support (2 years)
> 1.11 - Standard release (1 year)
> 1.12 - Standard release (1 year)
> 1.13 - Standard release (1 year)
> 1.14 - Long term support (2 years)
>
> Those wanting new features can go for the standard releases, and those 
> looking for stability and better support can stick with the long term 
> support releases. It should strike a decent balance between getting 
> features out the door and support.
Hi Ryan,

By doing that  ^^^ it means not all releases will be alike (and the 
so-far assumption is that all major release are alike) - or I'm missing 
something here.

I like this approach as this will imply less maintaining work for 
developers :), but I dislike it as it will more difficult to understand 
and upgrade (for users).
Do you know any project using something like that ?

Thanks and regards,
Bogdan
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