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

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 20-9-2012 14:06, Tolleiv Nietsch wrote:
> Anyway (to go a little offtopic) - what I still dislike is that the 6.2
> LTS version could be followed by a 6.3 version. Imho this version
> shouldn't be named "6.2" but "6.5" to have a strong relation to the old
> LTS and it should ideally be followed by "7.0".
>
> In addition as already pointed out, I really dislike that the 6month
> release cycle topic is questioned again and again.

The six month release cycle is a good compromise and works well for me.

I personally think the actual version number should be determined around 
feature freeze based on the features which made it in time, the impact, etc.

Furthermore I'm still not convinced that we should have a LTS version at 
all. The only reason so far is that clients like it because they don't 
have to pay for major upgrades for a long time (a.k.a. stability).
If such an LTS version is a wish of the Association members then it 
might be option that they hire someone to maintain it after the normal 
support period. If this is a task for the paid coder which is in the 
budget for next year then that coder could simply take care of all the 
backports of bugfixes and bug reports for that LTS version. This will 
give a bit more room for the core team.

-- 
Jigal van Hemert
TYPO3 Core Team member

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