chromatic chromaticwgzorg tuesday 05 august 2008 131427 geoffrey broadwell wrote see patching previous release case critical bugfix get habit encouraging users expect updates anything older previous stable release free weve doomed project thats careful say one greater zero separate policy decision trying address previous message fair enough point releases every month major releases every three months agree except id like hear define major release deprecation takes one major release support current major release possibly previous major release critical bugs half agree agree directly support release limited time though think minimum sane time would major release current one 36 months given moment given schedule words new 3 month release doesnt mean immediately desupport one 3 months ago right might argue longer direct support schedule recent 1 think less cant work real life im sure work real life beyond think need explicitly acknowledge distro packagers longer schedule care may support directly still need process place make sure notified critical problems may apply previous releases go back checkpatch versions also facilitate process help different distros help backport trunk fixes timely fashion short dont hard work distros cant leave cold either imagine creating mailing list critical update notifications hold little hope support downstream unless packager happens contributing member project c tue 05 aug 2008 132311 0700 branching