From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Loic Dachary Subject: Re: [ceph-users] v0.94.6 Hammer released Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:03:06 +0100 Message-ID: <56F1DD3A.4000902@dachary.org> References: <20160302010625.GA10914@onthe.net.au> <1456913706999.87255@croc.ru> <56D6CF42.7080909@dachary.org> <20160310000006.GA14061@onthe.net.au> <20160316232029.GA22451@onthe.net.au> <011EEA5C-6A6B-489B-AB20-6EDEE2F55AFE@ebay.com> <20160317014314.GA25617@onthe.net.au> <20160322224923.GA31017@onthe.net.au> <56F1D1D3.8070207@dachary.org> <20160322233932.GA32084@onthe.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:35914 "EHLO relay2-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750988AbcCWADN (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:03:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160322233932.GA32084@onthe.net.au> Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Chris Dunlop Cc: "Chen, Xiaoxi" , Nathan Cutler , M Ranga Swami Reddy , Wei-Chung Cheng , "ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org" , "ceph-users@ceph.com" Hi Chris, On 23/03/2016 00:39, Chris Dunlop wrote: > Hi Lo=C3=AFc, >=20 > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:14:27AM +0100, Loic Dachary wrote: >> On 22/03/2016 23:49, Chris Dunlop wrote: >>> Hi Stable Release Team for v0.94, >>> >>> Let's try again... Any news on a release of v0.94.6 for debian whee= zy (bpo70)? >> >> I don't think publishing a debian wheezy backport for v0.94.6 is pla= nned. Maybe it's a good opportunity to initiate a community effort ? Wo= uld you like to work with me on this ? >=20 > It's my understanding, from statements by both Sage and yourself, tha= t > existing OS'es would continue to be supported in the stable series, e= =2Eg.: >=20 > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 06:32:18PM +0700, Loic Dachary wrote: > > I think you misread what Sage wrote : "The intention was to contin= ue > > building stable releases (0.94.x) on the old list of supported pla= tforms > > (which inclues 12.04 and el6)". In other words, the old OS'es are = still > > supported. Their absence is a glitch in the release process that w= ill be > > fixed. >=20 > "The old OS'es" that were being supported up to v0.94.5 includes debi= an > wheezy. It would be quite surprising and unexpected to drop support f= or an > OS in the middle of a stable series. I'm unsure if wheezy is among the old OS'es. It predates my involvement= in the stable releases effort. I know for sure el6 and 12.04 are suppo= rted for 0.94.x.=20 > If that is indeed what's happening, and it's not just an oversight, I= 'd > prefer to put my efforts into moving to a supported OS rather than ke= eping > the older OS on life support. That makes sense. Should you change your mind, I'll be around to help. > Just to be clear, I understand it is quite a burden maintaining relea= ses for > old OSes, I'm only voicing mild surprise and a touch of regret: I'm v= ery > happy with the Ceph project! I'm hopefull we'll be able to support more OS in the future, both with = a lightweight release process and more community support. The Ceph rele= ases should scale out, just as Ceph does ;-) Cheers >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Chris, > OnTheNet >=20 --=20 Lo=C3=AFc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html