Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: deprecation of baselayout-1.x

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, William Hubbs wrote:

> Please discuss. Did I leave out any steps? Are there any points I
> have left out besides the time window between steps 2 and 3? Should
> there be a time window before removing baselayout-1? What about
> between steps 1 and 2? What do you consider to be a reasonable time
> window before we stop supporting migration from baselayout-1 to
> baselayout-2/openrc? I'm thinking on the order of a few months, but
> not years.

We have a policy on this, see 
<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20091109-summary.txt>:

| Upgrade path for old systems
| ----------------------------
| Vote (unanimous): The ebuild tree must provide an upgrade path to a
| stable system that hasn't been updated for one year.

So the time window should be at least one year after stabilisation of
baselayout-2 and openrc.

Ulrich