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[Jay Pipes <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Russell Bryant <rbryant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/19/2011 04:18 AM, Dave Walker wrote:
>>
>> "The stable branch will only be maintained until the next release is
>> out." - Does this explicitly need stating?  If contributors want to
>> continue to propose changes to this for a longer term, is this a
>> problem?  I see it that the branch will naturally stop being
>> maintained as contributors lose interest?
>
> I think something like this is worth stating.  It helps set expectations for
> users of the stable branch.  Perhaps it could be stated that it is only
> guaranteed to be maintained that long, but could be longer based on
> maintainer interest.  Anything longer than "until the next release" would
> just be a bonus to the stated maintenance commitment.

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-jay