[tor-dev] RFC: Tor long-term support policy

[Ian Goldberg]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 09:29:25AM -0500, Nick Mathewson wrote:
> Hi, all!
> 
> This is a draft for a tor long-term support policy for the program
> "tor". Please let me know what you think.  It's based on earlier work
> and surveys, but it isn't final till we say it is, and it needs more
> commentary.
> 
> Please keep in mind that dropping support for any old release is an
> inconvenience to some nice busy people, and that supporting any old
> release is an inconvenience to other nice busy people. Therefore,
> "don't inconvenience anybody" is not a viable goal here: instead we
> are stuck with a balancing act.

I like this plan.  Is there a reason 0.2.5.x in particular was chosen
as the retroactive LTS?