docs: Set an EOL for v3.x series - #237
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Our policy says that we will set an EOL for each major series at the release of the next major, and that we will give at least 12 months of bugfix and 24 months of security. Now that 4.0 is released, we can set the EOL for 3.x. We have intentionally restricted the scope of 4.0 so that it should be possible to upgrade most of the way with automated tools (Rector to convert to attributes, in-built tools to migrate to PHP config, etc). We also know that 3.x has been out for a long time and is generally stable - we don't get huge numbers of new bug reports. Therefore I think it's fine to offer our minimum 12 month / 24 month EOLs for 3.x.
Now that 4.0 is out, symfony 8 "is" supported :)
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| ======= ========== ============ ============ ======================================================================= | ||
| Major Released Bugfix EOL Security EOL | ||
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| `v3.x`_ April 2014 28 Sep 2027 28 Sep 2028 `Changelog <https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/3.x/CHANGELOG.md>`__ |
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I suggest using the end of the month as limit, to simplify things (PHP did something similar for instance)
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Makes sense, thanks - done.
| Major Released Bugfix EOL Security EOL | ||
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| `v3.x`_ April 2014 28 Sep 2027 28 Sep 2028 `Changelog <https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/3.x/CHANGELOG.md>`__ | ||
| `v4.x`_ tbc 2025/6 See below See below `Changelog <https://github.com/Behat/Behat/blob/4.x/CHANGELOG.md>`__ |
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the release date should probably be updated
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Yep, missed that at first. Added now.
Simpler than fixing to the exact 12 months from now.
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Our policy says that we will set an EOL for each major series at the release of the next major, and that we will give at least 12 months of bugfix and 24 months of security.
Now that 4.0 is released, we can set the EOL for 3.x.
We have intentionally restricted the scope of 4.0 so that it should be possible to upgrade most of the way with automated tools (Rector to convert to attributes, in-built tools to migrate to PHP config, etc).
We also know that 3.x has been out for a long time and is generally stable - we don't get huge numbers of new bug reports.
Therefore I think it's fine to offer our minimum 12 month / 24 month EOLs for 3.x.