Re: [ceph-users] v0.94.6 Hammer released

[Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>]

Hi Chris,

On 23/03/2016 00:39, Chris Dunlop wrote:
> Hi Loïc,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:14:27AM +0100, Loic Dachary wrote:
>> On 22/03/2016 23:49, Chris Dunlop wrote:
>>> Hi Stable Release Team for v0.94,
>>>
>>> Let's try again... Any news on a release of v0.94.6 for debian wheezy (bpo70)?
>>
>> I don't think publishing a debian wheezy backport for v0.94.6 is planned. Maybe it's a good opportunity to initiate a community effort ? Would you like to work with me on this ?
> 
> It's my understanding, from statements by both Sage and yourself, that
> existing OS'es would continue to be supported in the stable series, e.g.:
> 
>  On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 06:32:18PM +0700, Loic Dachary wrote:
>  > I think you misread what Sage wrote : "The intention was to continue
>  > building stable releases (0.94.x) on the old list of supported platforms
>  > (which inclues 12.04 and el6)". In other words, the old OS'es are still
>  > supported. Their absence is a glitch in the release process that will be
>  > fixed.
> 
> "The old OS'es" that were being supported up to v0.94.5 includes debian
> wheezy. It would be quite surprising and unexpected to drop support for an
> OS in the middle of a stable series.

I'm unsure if wheezy is among the old OS'es. It predates my involvement in the stable releases effort. I know for sure el6 and 12.04 are supported for 0.94.x. 

> If that is indeed what's happening, and it's not just an oversight, I'd
> prefer to put my efforts into moving to a supported OS rather than keeping
> the older OS on life support.

That makes sense. Should you change your mind, I'll be around to help.

> Just to be clear, I understand it is quite a burden maintaining releases for
> old OSes, I'm only voicing mild surprise and a touch of regret: I'm very
> happy with the Ceph project!

I'm hopefull we'll be able to support more OS in the future, both with a lightweight release process and more community support. The Ceph releases should scale out, just as Ceph does ;-)

Cheers
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris,
> OnTheNet
> 

-- 
Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre
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