[asterisk-users] Proposed changes to Asterisk release and support cycles

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On 01/31/2012 05:20 PM, Danny Nicholas wrote:
> To properly phrase the question, "why is 10.X not an LTS release"?

Umm... because it wasn't planned to be, and the decision was made nearly 
two years ago? Asterisk 1.8 is an LTS release, and now (with this 
proposal) Asterisk 11 would also be an LTS release. There's really no 
need for another LTS release sandwiched between them, and we can't 
commit Digium's development resources to extending the lifetime of that 
branch by three years. In addition, Asterisk 10 contains some 
significantly redesigned code that would not have been considered 
LTS-ready when Asterisk 10 was released.

As we've said many times before, if a group of interested and committed 
community developers want to continue provide support for Asterisk 10 
beyond its stated lifetime, we'll happily provide them the resources to 
be able to produce releases and make them available to the user community.

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