Announcement: Ouster SDK Lifecycle Policies #533
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Originally posted by kairenw July 7, 2023
On all platforms and languages, we align Ouster SDK end-of-life support with the publicly communicated standard support for that platform. We will periodically update as new platforms and languages are added to Ouster SDK support.
For sensor firmwares, we also wish to give advance notice of dropped support for new versions of the SDK.
We wish to stress that for all users, should you be unable to upgrade your platform, Python, or C++ version for any reason, you can always use an older release by checking out the appropriate commit/tag on Github or installing an older Python package. If you are an Ouster customer who anticipates buying new sensors on new firmware but have platform constraints that conflict with the above, please contact your FAE or Sales representative.
We will update this with new platforms, Pythons, FWs etc as they are added.
Platforms
Ubuntu
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Debian
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
MacOS
Major versions of MacOS are generally supported for 3 years after release. As such:
Windows
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/windows#windows-11
ROS
ROS 1 will have limited support towards the end of 2023.
ROS 2 foxy will receive limited support towards the end of 2023 since the distribution is past its end of life date and we are providing support as a courtesy to suers.
In general, ROS communications are made through the ouster-ros repo, so please follow there for announcements.
Languages
Python
https://devguide.python.org/versions/
C++
C++ does not go out of support. However, we will likely begin to use C++17 features within the next 6-12 months, so newer versions of the SDK will not be compatible with projects which need to use C++14. There are currently no plans to move to C++20 within the next 2 years. This means that Windows users building the C++ SDK must use VS Studio 17 or later.
Sensor Firmwares
We are dropping support for FW 2.0 in November 2023, as previously announced. There is no firm support policy for now, but it is likely we will drop FW 2.1 sometime next year (2024).
User courtesy per previous announcements
As per our previous announcement, as a courtesy for users we are maintaining Ubuntu 18.04, Python 3.7, and macOS 11 support past their respective end-of-life/end-of-supports. This is an exception to the rule going forward.
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