[GRASS-dev] [release planning] GRASS GIS 7.8.8

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:14 PM Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> čt 29. 6. 2023 v 23:30 odesílatel Veronica Andreo <veroandreo at gmail.com> napsal:

>> Question to all: how much longer will we support the 7.8.x branch? We are already in 8.3, so people has 8.0.x and 8.2.x to update to, no?
>> Do we have any policy on this matter?( ops, meanwhile I realized I have to update the website... will do this weekend )

Keep in mind that several distros still ship 7.8 (incl. updates):
https://repology.org/project/grass/versions

Most distros have a do-not-upgrade from 7 to 8 policy, means a new
distro release is needed to see a major version accepted.

> There is no rule to my knowledge. I remember the idea to maintain the last two release branches. Currently it means 82 and 83.
>
> I would assume that 7.8.8 is most probably the latest GRASS 7.8 release...

Sound good.

Markus