{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4316","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4316/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4316/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4316/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4316","id":122618711,"number":4316,"title":"Release a v5.2.1?","user":{"login":"ljharb","id":45469,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45469?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb","html_url":"https://github.com/ljharb","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ljharb/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/labels/ctc-agenda","name":"ctc-agenda","color":"5319e7"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/labels/discuss","name":"discuss","color":"02d7e1"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/labels/meta","name":"meta","color":"fef2c0"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":10,"created_at":"2015-12-16T22:32:12Z","updated_at":"2015-12-17T02:33:17Z","closed_at":null,"body":"v5.2.0 has a breaking repl bug (#4257). It was fixed in #4215 with a [two-line change](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1999fdc859ec80740f64e3af1dea54acbc4d4f37).\r\n\r\nCould this be merged into the 5.2.x line and released as `v5.2.1`, so that the 5.2.x line no longer has breaking changes that would make it deserve to be a 6.x release? Hopefully `git cherry-pick 1999fdc859ec80740f64e3af1dea54acbc4d4f37` plus the release process is not a burdensome amount of work for anybody."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/comments/165317896","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4316#issuecomment-165317896","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4316","id":165317896,"user":{"login":"rvagg","id":495647,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/495647?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg","html_url":"https://github.com/rvagg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rvagg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-17T02:33:17Z","updated_at":"2015-12-17T02:33:17Z","body":"My concerns about a 5.2.1 at this stage are:\r\n  1. the precedent that a 5.2.1 release would set and expectations users might have on how we support semver-minors and the nature of the Stable release line\r\n  2. the confusion it'd cause wrt our recommendations about what you _should_ be using if you're using Stable.\r\n\r\nBasically I think that Stable shouldn't be going backward, only forward. If you're stuck on 5.2.x and are reluctant to upgrade to 5.3.0 then it suggests you should probably be using LTS because your ability to handle change is too low for the pace that Stable is setting."}}