25 Jan
2017
25 Jan
'17
1:45 p.m.
On 1/25/2017 7:30 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
We'd just say: this is our new LTS release (e.g. Python 3.7) and then move on until we're confident again that the feature set has stabilized enough to create a new LTS release.
In practice you wouldn't just "move on" but have to maintain that LTS release (which is the whole point). If we're talking something past the 2 years timerange, you can't just impose that on all core developers, so you need a subgroup of maintainers dedicated to that LTS release.
Channeling Nick, I'd say that LTS support should come from commercial third parties, such as OS vendors. I agree with Antoine: it's not something we want to impose on the core devs. How much fun is 2.7 maintenance?
Eric.