RFD: Alternative Release Support

[Stephen Smoogen]

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 15:02, Rob J. Caskey wrote:
> Hold the presses! But seriously, I think the pluses and minuses are
> pretty clear, perhaps a little informal poll could help us clarify the
> needs of Legacy users? Where would  be the best place for such a poll?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Rob J. Caskey
> 

pluses: allows for many releases to have support for a long time
minuses: every release supported will require more engineering support
and time into doing it. The number of current coding volunteers is
small.

> On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 16:13, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > On Wednesday 26 November 2003 13:19, Rob J. Caskey wrote:
> > > I think what I am trying to say is that I, along with a lot of other
> > > people, would like that policy to change. As no security releases are
> > > yet being issued by Legacy, this seems like the time to make such
> > > adjustments to policy. Supporting every other release is a purely
> > > conservative move, an effort to concentrate limited developer
> > > resources, and a move I think that will be beneficial to the OSS
> > > community overall.
> > 
> > We had discussed this before, and it didn't seem to get a whole lot of 
> > approval.  I suppose we can discuss again, but it's getting really late 
> > in the game, especially when we're about to make a press-release.
> 
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