From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pf1-f194.google.com (mail-pf1-f194.google.com [209.85.210.194]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8B897E730 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:54:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf1-f194.google.com with SMTP id v19so10975503pfm.3 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:54:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to:references :organization:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=82D3OswSBEdgqbVHNSf1kd23j+2/BjgZcIork1IMgWs=; b=hwmakTcDfyZfXAqANrFHi0zhSm3C7vxXswRMx+vmmwxsvooqrUY8IpL3ph6KBFKF0r SKN3RYhVCWH+ajjYAHtHByFiwPgNFqHpVrOpndvJ74+di5U4wSskUdZCjb64pNdAl243 4eoaFPSlCwW0lyykcxXwO3d4AO2CjjCk0Hklh6WxU+zN7H1OUB5uuZaHy9C1AbcpDvEy k3k/+/ZHy/8myTh49tkUfr7flgVrJzvaveHd11UYZFWi/cx6hBq6xzJOgl1SYjWQ8Hei RwECKbPoPTempIyoyVlwBDvPam3pYYCEv+Hy+fZWHFRJNG84AEzeUPa8U3cuM6J37Are IiCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:organization:user-agent:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=82D3OswSBEdgqbVHNSf1kd23j+2/BjgZcIork1IMgWs=; b=Gp/HQ7YCczZrLtAgZkkuazxMNfxx0pCW0QfwJNnZTqP6OUvwktDvHvds20s7He7WcS mnoKaFz1947wEllreiwXh3IU74PQhN1ueJLiSY/RcPqaiZGm/qQX/R1q8qV3EcQF+ynU QAHDlm0Rme8cH1PHnIU7CVvIcfDhbxTnAnTPsJnp4fowrlgaPMdU1PXTlB3wet4tgTqx hLiwUHqtk8QaTP+2GWQV2ZYsgCIolpjeZ0Xwuj0BMpP/KnO+1NWA3DKmDkn2rX9n5sDR gsNxaOZ8QsM1YknIBe6FPZcUaE+1kFEa2m3+Yf1vhntiZrgonzUc7jotdgInDH1gzBRw 3jog== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVoKrU9799FWz+lFmMD/N/Rq8MzubsszDJ2EnOeLwm21sT/5r6s ovg78fWOKN+lw+3j3xXMe6k= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwtDacDW7oku4Kpx4LrAkz9nlM9AkUkmeZG5RHI1RcoEUUOHUne4EMeUzdeYX/h2ItFfoNzeg== X-Received: by 2002:a62:7b0e:: with SMTP id w14mr25601463pfc.177.1573487680300; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:54:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo ([2601:646:8500:1c20::a99e]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b1sm13238390pjw.19.2019.11.11.07.54.39 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:54:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <455f1e8afcbfac40259ee8942d1a67ca5ce23264.camel@gmail.com> From: Khem Raj To: Adrian Bunk , Richard Purdie Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:54:34 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20191111141416.GF28797@localhost> References: <717e1439a3c155fc1f506d7a2933b968ee38f9a8.camel@linuxfoundation.org> <20191111104209.GB28797@localhost> <63e30a3a07cd78e89c54637ad9893e8a1aec9f84.camel@linuxfoundation.org> <20191111141416.GF28797@localhost> Organization: HIMVIS LLC User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC CFH][sumo 00/47] CVE check backport X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:54:39 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 2019-11-11 at 16:14 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 01:12:47PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: > > On Mon, 2019-11-11 at 12:42 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 04:32:35PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2019-11-07 at 07:55 -0800, akuster808 wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > Are you taking the other patches also submitted for sumo ? > > > > > > > > I am worried about what the bigger picture for this looks like > > > > but > > > > we > > > > could try testing them. I think the TSC needs to discuss this. > > > > > > How were community supported branches supposed to work? > > > > > > All branches from 2.1 (sic) are documented as supported in the > > > wiki. > > > > That was changed recently > > What was changed recently was that the pre-2.1 branches were marked > EOL: > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Releases&diff=62334&oldid=62324 > > Non-stable branches are documented as community-supported since 2014: > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Releases&diff=12747&oldid=12743 > > > and I kind of wish we'd waited until we'd > > followed through with a consistent plan which covers the spectrum > > of > > EOL/community/stable/LTS. > > > > As I've said in a few places, the TSC really needs to figure this > > out > > and its complicated by the LTS discussions. Those discussions are > > happening but aren't simple. > > Past releases and future releases might be separate topics. > > Please keep in mind that many people already have to support products > on existing stable branches, working under the assumption that > patches > submitted by the community will be accepted. > > Closing future non-LTS branches early might be OK if this is part of > a > clearly communicated EOL schedule for future LTS and non-LTS > releases, > like it is clear when Ubuntu releases will be released and for how > long > they are supported. > > But this visibility on upstream support is needed before deciding on > a Yocto release for a product. Future LTS releases are irrelevant > for > existing products that cannot move to a different stable branch. > current and prior two releases are actively maintained. So that should have been the consideration when selecting a release for production in past. see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_branch_maintenance > > Cheers, > > > > Richard > > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed >