[TYPO3-core] Official information about the upcoming LTS version

[Steffen Gebert]

Hi Andy,

we talked about this last week, but there's no official decision or 
announcement to be expected (at least not before 6.0 release).

Most of the people involved agreed that 6.2 might be a good candidate, 
as it will be released 6 months prior to 4.5 LTS's EOL.

So I *think* you can expect another LTS to appear.

Kind regards
Steffen

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On 9/19/12 11:47 AM, Andy Grunwald [wmdb] wrote:
> Hey @all,
>
> since January 2011, TYPO3 got his first Long Term Support (LTS) version.
> This was a very good step to get "deeper" in the "enterprise" section.
> Many companies rely on this version and bigger customers got a planning
> reliability till April, 2014.
> Of course, the "small" disadvantage for developers is the "old" and
> "still maintaining" code. But hey, for many customers, this version is
> good. They don`t need new features.
> In general in my opinion: The first LTS was a good choice! Thumbs up to
> all people which was involved in this process.
>
> Now we got September 2012.
> The next version of our lovely CMS (6.0) is just around the corner.
> With the release of 6.0 there is no reason to use our TYPO3 4.5 further,
> because both versions got the same "End of maintenance" date. This is
> only valid for new starting projects.
> Older projects which run on TYPO3 4.5 don`t have the need to update till
> April, 2014.
>
> With this information in mind, i ask myself if there will be a new LTS
> version. If yes, when there will be some official information /
> statement about this?
> Are they any official (!) information about this out there?
>
> Why is this so important:
> * Budget planning: Some companies got bigger customers (like a big /
> worldwide concern). Those companies got every year budget planning for
> there internal departments. This have to plan early!
> * Transition time: To release a new LTS version without a transition
> time from the old to the new one wont be a idea. Not every company /
> customer is the position to upgrade immediately their TYPO3
> installations. So they must be a transition time (1 year? 1/2 year?)
> between those two LTS versions.
>
> And why was this posted to the mailinglist and the community and not via
> email to the release team?
> Because i want to get your voices into it.
> I want to know if i`m the only one with this thoughts or are they other
> people who think in the same direction.
>
> Perhaps the TYPO3 (Marketing, Release, Plannung, whatever)-Team creates
> an officical statement / roadmap for this LTS plan.
>
> Love you <3
>
> All the best,
> Andy