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diff --git a/changelog.d/13728.doc b/changelog.d/13728.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75ca7b7ec3 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/13728.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Define Synapse's compatability policy for SQLite versions. diff --git a/docs/deprecation_policy.md b/docs/deprecation_policy.md index b8a46e3d60..46c18d7d32 100644 --- a/docs/deprecation_policy.md +++ b/docs/deprecation_policy.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Deprecation Policy for Platform Dependencies ============================================ -Synapse has a number of platform dependencies, including Python and PostgreSQL. -This document outlines the policy towards which versions we support, and when we -drop support for versions in the future. +Synapse has a number of platform dependencies, including Python, Rust, +PostgreSQL and SQLite. This document outlines the policy towards which versions +we support, and when we drop support for versions in the future. Policy @@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ Details on the upstream support life cycles for Python and PostgreSQL are documented at [https://endoflife.date/python](https://endoflife.date/python) and [https://endoflife.date/postgresql](https://endoflife.date/postgresql). - A Rust compiler is required to build Synapse from source. For any given release the minimum required version may be bumped up to a recent Rust version, and so people building from source should ensure they can fetch recent versions of Rust (e.g. by using [rustup](https://rustup.rs/)). +The oldest supported version of SQLite is the version +[provided](https://packages.debian.org/buster/libsqlite3-0) by +[Debian oldstable](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianOldStable). Context ------- @@ -44,3 +46,8 @@ generally bump their minimum support Rust versions frequently. In general, the Synapse team will try to avoid updating the dependency on Rust to the absolute latest version, but introducing a formal policy is hard given the constraints of the ecosystem. + +On a similar note, SQLite does not generally have a concept of "supported +release"; bugfixes are published for the latest minor release only. We chose to +track Debian's oldstable as this is relatively conservative, predictably updated +and is consistent with the `.deb` packages released by Matrix.org. \ No newline at end of file |