[CentOS-devel] CentOS Release Timeline (Graphical Display)

Thu Oct 9 16:32:13 UTC 2008
Alain Reguera Delgado <alain.reguera at gmail.com>

On 10/9/08, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
> Alain Reguera Delgado wrote:
>>
>> http://wiki.centos.org/AlainRegueraDelgado?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=en-centos-lifecycle.png
>
> I cant see the other one, but this one is incorrect. neither 4.6 nor 5.2
> or 3.9 have those lifecycles.

I'll remake the images based on the available wiki FAQs dates. Wait for it.

> The CentOS Version if 3 or 4 or 5, the point bit is only a revision
> under that and we need to make sure that its clear to people that what
> they run is CentOS-5 and not CentOS-5.2
>
> People who *really* *really* need to care, are very very few, and they
> can work the relationship out between 5.2 and 5.1 themselves. If they
> cant, they dont need to care.
>
> Perhaps an alternate display with 2 dimensions that could have point
> release info, as well as lifecycle info ? Or is there some other way to
> highlight the fact that while 5.2 is the latest release CentOS-5, its
> not what CentOS-5 is going to be forever ( which is what it looks like
> from this image ).

Karan, I take your mail to home ... I'll try to display these ideas.

Due the release timeline ... could we predict which will be the last
release/update number of each major version ? Maybe a timeline could
reflect in a more simple and clear way where people are ... something
like:

        Full Updates: --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|
                             5.0      5.1      5.2      5.3      5.4     5.5

Maintainance Updates:
--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
                             5.0      5.1      5.2      5.3      5.4
  5.5     5.6     5.7     5.8     5.9

where 5.5 is the last Full Update, and 5.9 the last Maintainance Update.

Thanks,
al.