Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy for retirement of old gentoo 'versions'

["Donnie Berkholz" <spyderous@gentoo.org>]

Barry Shaw said:
> Is there any policy/ideas/consensus among developers about how long a
> particular "version" will remain supported in portage?  If not, it might
> be a useful idea to set sunset dates for particular "versions" of gentoo
> (as I doubt they are all going to be supported indefinitely).  If there
> is a clear end date, it prevents anyone being caught out unexpectedly.

I generally keep a minimum of two ebuilds in, so testing for a newly
introduced problem is easier. If I put out seven ebuilds in two weeks for
some ungodly reason, I don't expect to be maintaining some sort of minimum
lifetime for each ebuild -- just the newest two will stick around.

We have no policy stating a minimum support lifetime for any given version
right now (AFAIK, of course), despite a push for it amidst emphasis for
Gentoo in the enterprise.

Donnie



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