Feature proposal: Extended Life Cycle Support

[Bill McGonigle]

On 07/05/2009 08:03 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:

> They already have 7 months of time to move to the next version. It's just if
> they absolutely want to skip a version that they only have 1 month.

In the field I've often found that a Fedora at GA+0 isn't really ready 
to deploy.  A bunch of fixes come in quickly, and things are mostly 
rock-solid by 2 months in, maybe 3.

So, one can't really plan to skip versions and remain stable - 1 month 
is too short.

One way to look at this project, then, would be to extend the EOL of the 
previous version by that period (however it could be rigorously 
defined).  That would enable effective version skipping, thus doubling 
the effective life of a release.

The tools required to make a 2-version skip dependable would be another 
useful avenue.

WRT Legacy, that was done before the Extras merge, right?  Did Legacy 
handle Extras?  I don't recall, but if not that could make this 
incarnation that many times more difficult.

-Bill

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