Re: [tor-dev] RFC: Tor long-term support policy

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 09:29:25AM -0500, Nick Mathewson wrote:

Hi, all!

This is a draft for a tor long-term support policy for the program "tor". Please let me know what you think. It's based on earlier work and surveys, but it isn't final till we say it is, and it needs more commentary.

Please keep in mind that dropping support for any old release is an inconvenience to some nice busy people, and that supporting any old release is an inconvenience to other nice busy people. Therefore, "don't inconvenience anybody" is not a viable goal here: instead we are stuck with a balancing act.

I like this plan. Is there a reason 0.2.5.x in particular was chosen as the retroactive LTS?