# life cycle documentation

4 messages from 2014-10-23 to 2014-10-27. Participants: Ben Harper, brian m. carlson.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/37792

## Ben Harper, 2014-10-23 22:15

Subject: life cycle documentation
Message-ID: <54497DF9.1050501@rackspace.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/54497DF9.1050501%40rackspace.com

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Greetings,

I am unable to find any documentation regarding the life cycle regarding 
the various versions of git.  Is only the current version supported?  
What about older minor/major versions?  At what point does a version go 
EOL? Currently, is only 2.1.2 supported?  I would entertain the thought 
on creating a RELEASES document if the information is provided.

Ben Harper
OS Deployment Services, RPMDEV
Rackspace Hosting & IUS Community

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## brian m. carlson, 2014-10-24 21:56

Subject: Re: life cycle documentation
Message-ID: <20141024215607.GH312818@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20141024215607.GH312818%40vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net
In-Reply-To: <54497DF9.1050501@rackspace.com>

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On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 05:15:21PM -0500, Ben Harper wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am unable to find any documentation regarding the life cycle regarding the
> various versions of git.  Is only the current version supported?  What about
> older minor/major versions?  At what point does a version go EOL? Currently,
> is only 2.1.2 supported?  I would entertain the thought on creating a
> RELEASES document if the information is provided.

The development process is outlined at [0].  Usually there's just one
supported release (at the moment, 2.1.2), although I have occasionally
seen releases out of order (from different branches).

Having said that, Git developers try very hard not to break things, so
many people are fine using an older version, such as the ones their
distros provide.  It is considered courteous to try the latest version
before reporting a bug, however.

[0] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
-- 
brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US
+1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only
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## Ben Harper, 2014-10-27 14:52

Subject: Re: life cycle documentation
Message-ID: <544E5C2F.3090800@rackspace.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/544E5C2F.3090800%40rackspace.com
In-Reply-To: <20141024215607.GH312818@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>

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On 10/24/2014 04:56 PM, brian m. carlson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 05:15:21PM -0500, Ben Harper wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am unable to find any documentation regarding the life cycle regarding the
>> various versions of git.  Is only the current version supported?  What about
>> older minor/major versions?  At what point does a version go EOL? Currently,
>> is only 2.1.2 supported?  I would entertain the thought on creating a
>> RELEASES document if the information is provided.
> The development process is outlined at [0].  Usually there's just one
> supported release (at the moment, 2.1.2), although I have occasionally
> seen releases out of order (from different branches).
>
> Having said that, Git developers try very hard not to break things, so
> many people are fine using an older version, such as the ones their
> distros provide.  It is considered courteous to try the latest version
> before reporting a bug, however.
>
> [0] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
Hey Brian,

Thanks for the clarification.  Someone in IRC mentioned the 
maintain-git.txt file.  I skimmed it and searched for some keywords, but 
was unable to find the information I needed.

Do you feel a RELEASES document is needed or is the maintain-git.txt 
file sufficient?

Ben Harper
OS Deployment Services, RPMDEV
Rackspace Hosting & IUS Community

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## brian m. carlson, 2014-10-27 23:02

Subject: Re: life cycle documentation
Message-ID: <20141027230209.GB422734@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20141027230209.GB422734%40vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net
In-Reply-To: <544E5C2F.3090800@rackspace.com>

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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 09:52:31AM -0500, Ben Harper wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification.  Someone in IRC mentioned the maintain-git.txt
> file.  I skimmed it and searched for some keywords, but was unable to find
> the information I needed.
> 
> Do you feel a RELEASES document is needed or is the maintain-git.txt file
> sufficient?

I don't personally feel one is needed.  However, I'm a semi-regular on
the list, so my opinion of what would be helpful to people less familiar
with the project is going to be skewed.  If you were to send a patch to
add a releases.txt file in the Documentation directory, it would
probably be welcome.
-- 
brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US
+1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only
OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187

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