[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59779: Consider testing against MySQL "Innovation Releases"

[WordPress Trac]

#59779: Consider testing against MySQL "Innovation Releases"
------------------------------+------------------------------
 Reporter:  desrosj           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch         |     Focuses:
------------------------------+------------------------------

Comment (by desrosj):

 Been chatting with @jorbin in Slack, and we have a new proposed approach:

 - Test and support all innovation releases for a MySQL version range.
 - When the LTS for that version range comes out, stop testing and
 supporting the innovation versions and only test the LTS.
 - Test new innovation versions when they come out after that.

 In today's situation this would tentatively mean the following for WP 6.5
 and 6.6:
 - Test against 8.1 and 8.2 for WP 6.5.
 - If 8.3 is released prior to releasing WP 6.5, it will also be tested
 against.
 - When 8.4 is released (assuming that becomes LTS as described in the
 post), 6.6 tests against that version. Support for 8.1 8.2, and 8.3 is
 removed in that release and only the LTS is officially supported. All
 changes in the innovation releases will be in the LTS in some form.
 - Go back and remove innovation releases from the WP 6.5 test matrix.
 - 9.0 comes out (first innovation release), 6.6 tests against it.
 etc.

 This allows site owners to try out innovation releases (which MySQL is
 encouraging and describing as production ready) without abandoning testing
 for them too soon. The landmark of an LTS version (which will be well
 publicized) is a sign to update off of the innovation versions for a
 release range.

 If there's no objection to this approach, I'll plan to commit the PR
 attached here later this week and draft a proposal post along these lines
 for the Making Core blog.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59779#comment:4>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform