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Re: Changes for after the freeze



nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> 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.

That sounds totally fine to me; I didn't mean to ask you to do it.  But
on the other hand I can't make an argument that it shouldn't happen.

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