[Info-vax] VSI has released 9.2-1

[John Reagan]

On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 8:21:27 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:

> 
> The bit that caught my attention was the following: 
> 
> |Note: With this release, VMS Software announces an end to standard support 
> |for V9.2. We encourage everyone who runs V9.2 or earlier x86 builds on 
> |their systems to migrate to V9.2-1 immediately. Only customers with an 
> |extended engineering support contract with VMS Software Inc. will receive 
> |support on OpenVMS V9.2. Patches will no longer be developed for V9.2. Bug 
> |reports will not be investigated until reporters can reproduce the issue on 
> |V9.2-1. 
> 
> I hope that isn't going to be the policy when production releases are 
> produced. There needs to be a support overlap between the prior releases 
> and the current release for all customers, even when the current release 
> is a point release.
> Simon. 
> 

My view is this is a one time thing.  V9.2 and V9.2update2 have enough sharp edges
that we really REALLY REALLY! want sites to upgrade.  

For example, I'm about to refresh the native compiler FT kits on the portal.  Those were built/linked
on V9.2update2.  Going forward, I'll switch to build/link against V9.2-1.  I'll probably stick
with using V9.2-1 headers/libraries even for future kits to ensure backwards compatibility.  I won't
bump forward for the rest of the year at least (unless something forces me).