3.0.25c release underway...LTS Q? (from 'samba-technical Digest, Vol 56, Issue 21')

[Kurt Pfeifle]

samba-technical-request at lists.samba.org wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:27:19 -0500
> From: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry at samba.org>
> Subject: 3.0.25c release underway...LTS Q?
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> Folks,
> 
> Samba 3.0.25c will be released later today if all goes well.
> This brings up the question of the long term support strategy
> for the 3.0.25 series.  Given that the next planned release
> will be 3.2.0, we should make a decision about when to EOL
> the Samba 3.0.x branch.
> 
> Currently, the plan is that the SAMBA_3_0_25 branch will
> only receive critical patches and security fixes.  I'd propose
> that we EOL the Samba 3.0 branch on Aug 31, 2008.  That gives
> people 12 months to become comfortableew 3.2.x
> series.
> 
> Comments?


May I draw the conclusion from this suggestion that your plan is to
release a 3.2.0 by Aug 31, 2007?

                      ;-)


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