[TYPO3-core] Proposal for the upcoming Roadmap and LTS

[Tolleiv Nietsch]

Hi,

Lukas Rueegg [RTP] schrieb:
>
> So, for me, the question remains: Do we need all these new fancy
> features (which are great, no doubt!) in short lifecycles? And who,
> respective why? Or do we probably prefer a few features less per year in
> new releases but having a stable and safe and maintainable version for
> agencies (and other parties who do not want or do not have the resources
> to update every year)?
>

This kind of depends on whether you find enough people among the 
community (especially among the Core-devs) who are willing to do more 
support and less features. From my experiences it's very very unlikely 
that people who work in their free-time will "just" stick to maintenance.

I actually agree to Jigal that "LTS" seems to be a way to move "cost" 
away from the customer/agency into the community. And the community has 
to decide whether to support this or not.

I personally prefer the way we have it right now, with the many releases 
- because that is what keeps active contributors happy. The longer I 
think about LTS the more I'd say that the marketing team should come up 
with a better way to communicate stability to the customers without that 
"strong" label.

Cheers,
Tolleiv


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