Re: Changes for after the freeze

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 08:39:10AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > 10.6 will be supported for 5 years (until 2026), 10.8 will be supported
> > for 2 years (until 2023).
> 
> I would say then that the default should be 10.6, and until the world
> changes again we should expect it to stay that way until the next
> release with a 5-year support plan has happened, and everything thinks
> it is stable and 100% ok.
> 
> As a side comment, lIt seems odd to me that there are three new branches
> released in 12 months since 10.6 - not sure what to make of that.
> 
> I would guess that people woud prefer to add in mysql versions as they
> are released, and remove them from pkgsrc after they hit EOL.  So people
> who choose more recent than 10.6 will have to deal with upgrades, but
> people who don't make that explicit choice won't have to.
> 
> I think this is where you are headed with your question/approach.
> 
> Anybody disagree?


I don't intend to add non-LTS mariadb versions because my work
is cut out maintaining the existing ones ;) I also don't want to
burden the releng team with even more pullups.