2-3 years for active adoption and 2 years for migration to n+1 (after a new platform is certified) would seem consistent with previous [3456] releases.

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Dunstan
> Sent: 14 April 2014 20:20
> To: David Crick
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: latest tidbits on CentOS plans after Red Hat merger
> 
> Server operating system editions should live a minimum of about 5 years IMNSHO. That's pretty much the lifetime we have decided
> on the PostgreSQL.
> 
> cheers
> 
> andrew
> 
> On 04/14/2014 02:00 PM, David Crick wrote:
> > http://lwn.net/Articles/592723/
> >
> > "So the goal for CentOS is to create a next-generation platform that
> > is supported for a longer period of time than Fedora is. Ten years
> > would be good, but most people just want something longer than 13
> > months, he said, and *2–3 YEARS SEEMED TO BE A SWEET SPOT*."
> >
> > (emphasis added by me).
> >
> > Pertinent question: are SL users "most people" ?
> >