On 02/07/2017 06:46 AM, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote: > I'm not sure putting a file with references to a relatively independent > plugin in the main avocado repo the correct thing to do. It's probably > better to put a file with that summary in the avocado-vt repository instead. >
I think Andrei meant info about the 36lts branch (and 36.x release series), and not specifically about Avocado-VT. > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:19 PM Andrei Stepanov <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > How do you see an idea to create a file > in https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado with information > from > https://www.redhat.com/archives/avocado-devel/2016-April/msg00038.html > ? > Mentioning the LTS branches (currently 36lts and their related releases) in indeed a good idea IMHO. Just a few lines, with a pointer to the proper (longer) explanation would suffice. - Cleber. > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Cleber Rosa <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On 02/06/2017 08:34 AM, Cleber Rosa wrote: > > Hello to all Avocado users and developers, > > > > This is a heads-up about an important change that is coming to > Avocado: > > we're dropping Python 2.6 support. > > > > Why? > > ==== > > > > Initially, we planned Avocado to be supported on Python 2.7 > and Python > > 3.x. Then we realized that a lot of our users still depended > on Python > > 2.6 because of platforms such as EL6. > > > > Python 2.6 support came, and after a while our first LTS > (36.0) version > > was released. This gives EL6 users a stable version they can > rely on. > > > > Now it's time to look forward. By dropping official support > for Python > > 2.6, we can focus our energy on other goals. Since we're > talking Python > > versions, one of those if to support Python 3.x in the same > code base. > > > > When? > > ===== > > > > Pretty soon, that is, as early as the published PR is accepted: > > > > https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/pull/1748 > > > > Users on EL6: > > ============= > > > > We recommend our users running Avocado on EL6 to stick to the LTS > > releases (currently version 36.3). This will ensure that > bugfixes will > > be delivered to you. For more information on how to use the LTS > > versions please check the following link: > > > > > > http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/36lts/GetStartedGuide.html#enterprise-linux > > > > For more information of LTS releases, check the following link: > > > > The proper link with info on LTS releases is: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/avocado-devel/2016-April/msg00038.html > > Regards, > - Cleber. > > > > > http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/36lts/GetStartedGuide.html#enterprise-linux > > > > Alternatively, if you need features not present in the 36.0 > series, you > > may still use a version as recent as 45.0, but *without* the > level of > > support that LTS releases have. > > > > Please let us know if you have any issues or questions. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > Cleber Rosa > [ Sr Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - Red Hat ] > [ Avocado Test Framework - avocado-framework.github.io > <http://avocado-framework.github.io> ] > > -- Cleber Rosa [ Sr Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - Red Hat ] [ Avocado Test Framework - avocado-framework.github.io ]
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