From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 16:54:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Git stable releases
Message-ID: <CABPp-BEjrViPSXVg9h_1wCHzRSB3uG-93_nsjOOgLQ4mVhnkRA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGa9yXq1FwLJdFqnnino-34pMtTcvu8pZWhgHPoBY6mJBd=yfQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:38 AM John Carlissi <johncarlissi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 4:25 PM John Carlissi <johncarlissi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I noticed that with 2.16.6 development stopped whereas with the latest
> > security update, everything 2.17 and newer got the fix. Is there any
> > formal definition as to when a minor version is EOL and no longer gets
> > security updates?
> > Thanks!
>
> Does the silence mean there is no formal definition or did this
> message just get lost in the pile?

These mails from the maintainer may be of interest to you, though I
think they lean towards there being no formal definition:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqwo5luj6r.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/

https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8t8bvz6x.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/