Re:[DISCUSS] Announce 2.6.x coming to an end.

[KimmKing <ki...@apache.org>]

Hi, everyone.
    More active branches split community, and I guess it's a good news for Dubbo project.
    BTW, the 2.6.x branch has an end. It'a big issue for community, and then more feedback discussed about it here from different users is necessary. 
    Let's go forward.




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Kimm King(kimmking@apache.org/kimmking@163.com)
Apache Dubbo&ShardingSphere PMC Member
github&twitter: kimmking





At 2021-09-29 17:07:54, "Jun Liu" <li...@apache.org> wrote:
>Hi, all
>
>This mail is about to initiate a discussion of ending the maintenance of 2.6.x branch in the next 6 months.
>
>The community currently have 3 active branches, which are 2.6.x, 2.7.x and 3.0.x, evolving at the same time. Since 2.7.x and 2.6.x are almost completely compatible with each other regarding features, the migration routine from 2.6.x to 2.7.x is relatively smooth for most users, so we are seeing an emerging trend of users migrating from 2.6.x to 2.7.x, some in progress and some have finished migration. 
>
>I think we should stop the maintenance of 2.6.x and only provide security patches in the next 6 months before we announce it to reach its End Of Life.
>
>Jun