Re: Oracle support for 12.2

Have a look at Mike Dietrich's post
https://mikedietrichde.com/2018/07/30/clarification-support-periods-for-oracle-12-2-0-1-and-18c/

12.2.0.1 will be supported till Nov 20, 2020. 19c will be the long term support (terminal) release for the 12.2 family.

Harel

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 3:56 PM Patrice sur GMail <patrice.boivin_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I am a little confused, the Oracle support guidelines mention 12.2 is
> supported until March 2023, but there is a footnote:
>
> *The 18c and 19c releases follow the Lifetime Support timeframes for 12.2.
> Versioning has been modified so that 18c replaces 12.2.0.2 and 19c replaces
> 12.2.0.3.
>
> So
> 12.2 is 12.2.0.1
> 18c is 12.2.0.2
> 19c is 12.2.0.3
>
> Does tha mean 12.2.0.1 is supported until March 2023, or that as time goes
> by 12.2.0.n will be supported until 2023 but people are expected to update
> their releases as the 4th digit releases become available.
>
> I expect Oracle would prefer it if people stayed up-to-date with the 4th
> digit updates, not just go to 12.2.0.1 and declare everything is fine.
>
> What are you doing at your shop?
>
> Patrice
>

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