adsys SRU

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 4:43 PM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 02:59:39PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote:
> > Can you please be concise and provide a list of bullet points that must
> be
> > addressed to move forward?
>
> Question 1. Do you want:
>
> a) an exception that allows you to change behaviour on existing
> installations when users upgrade to new versions of adsys that provide
> new features within an LTS release?
>
> or b) an exception in which you commit to never making changes
> that change behaviour on existing installations when users upgrade to
> new versions of adsys that provide new features within an LTS release?
>
> If you answer (a), then this will require an exception to be granted by
> the Technical Board, since that would contradict their existing
> documented policy.
>

This is b) we will only provide new features, not change existing ones.


>
> > The target audience of ADSys is users of LTS releases, so we want to
> > skip short-lived releases.
>
> This directly contradicts the Technical Board's existing documented
> policy. If you insist then you will require an exception to be granted
> by the Technical Board. This will take time, and in the end I think such
> an exception is unlikely to be granted. Users upgrading from an LTS to a
> newer interim release is currently a supported path, and users using
> adsys who upgrade would be regressed if you skip the interim releases.
>
> Question 2: Do you wish to insist on skipping interim releases
> regardless?
>

We are okay with porting to interim releases even if it is not where this
software is consumed.


Cheers,
JB
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