Re: 2.5.0, 2.6, and 3.0 release planning

[Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte () gmail com>]

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 11:45 PM, Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> wrote:

> I think we've fixed the major issues identified by Stig, Jim, and others
> so I'd like to release 2.5.0 on February 6. This would let us release 2.6.0
> this spring, followed by 3.0.0 in the fall:
>
>
> March: Create master-2.6 after one or two 2.5.x releases.
>
> April: Release 2.6.0, probably after SharkFest Asia.
>
> August: Release 2.9.0.
>
> September 7, 2018: The 2.2 branch reaches EOL.
>
> September or October: Create master-3.0 after one or more 2.9.x releases.
>
> October or November: Release 3.0.0, either before or after SharkFest
> Europe.
Two major release this year ?
2.6 will be a TLS release ?

For avoid a lot of cherry-pick it is better for create master(-2.6 or -3.0)
only 2 or 3 week before 2.6 release ?

> As discussed on this list and (IIRC) at SharkFest EU we can start removing
> legacy support in master after master-2.6 is branched. This includes, but
> is not limited to:
>
> - The GTK+ UI
> - Older versions of GLib
> - Qt 4.8
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