Red Hat Software Collections Product Life Cycle
Overview
Red Hat Software Collections (RHSCL) is intended to give Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers the latest stable versions of dynamic languages and open source databases for users to create modern applications that can be confidently deployed into production. These fast-moving collections are expected to be updated frequently and will have a shorter life cycle and support term than Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Software Collections is available for all active supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions.
Details
Each Software Collection will be supported for two or three years. Developer Collections are supported for 2 years. Production Collections are supported for 3 years.
New versions will be available only during the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Production 1 Phase.
Releases and Support
Red Hat will support Software Collections for the Collection life cycle, after which customers are encouraged either to upgrade to a later release or continue on as self-supported without official Red Hat Support. Software Collections will not have a corresponding Extended Update Support (EUS) nor an Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) offering.
Software Collections Release Life Cycle
Support will be provided for the most current release of each collection. See the table below for the applicable retirement date for each collection.
| Collection | Release Date | Retirement Date | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python 2.7 Life Extension | Sep 2013 | Apr 2020 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| Python 3.3 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| Ruby 1.9.3, including Ruby on Rails 3.2.8 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| PHP 5.4 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| Perl 5.16 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| MySQL 5.5 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| Node.js 0.10 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| PostgreSQL 9.2 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| MariaDB 5.5 | Sep 2013 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.0 |
| Ruby 2.0 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| Ruby on Rails 4.0 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| PHP 5.5 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| Thermostat 1.x**** | Jun 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| MongoDB 2.4 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| Nginx 1.4 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2014 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| Nginx 1.6 | Oct 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.2 |
| Red Hat Developer Toolset 1 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2014 | DTS 1.x |
| Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 | Sep 2013 | Sep 2015 | DTS 2.x |
| Red Hat Developer Toolset 3 | Oct 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.2 |
| Maven 3.0 | Oct 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.2 |
| Git 1.9 | Oct 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.2 |
| DevAssistant 0.9 | Oct 2014 | Oct 2016 | RHSCL 1.2 |
| HAProxy 1.8 | May 2018 | May 2021 | RHSCL 3.1 |
| Python 3.4 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| Ruby 2.2 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| Ruby on Rails 4.1 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| PHP 5.6 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| MongoDB 2.6 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| Perl 5.20 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| Passenger 4.0 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| MariaDB 10.0 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| MySQL 5.6 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| PostgreSQL 9.4 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| PostgreSQL 10** | May 2018 | May 2021 | RHSCL 3.1 |
| Red Hat Developer Toolset 4 | Nov 2015 | Nov 2017 | RHSCL 2.1 |
| Nginx 1.8 | Nov 2015 | Nov 2018 | RHSCL 2.1 |
| Varnish Cache 4.0 | Nov 2015 | Nov 2018 | RHSCL 2.1 |
| Varnish Cache 5.2** | May 2018 | May 2021 | RHSCL 3.1 |
| Node.js 4 | May 2016 | May 2018 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| Maven 3.3 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| MongoDB 3.2 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| MongoDB 3.0 upgrade collection | May 2016 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| MariaDB 10.1 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| Ruby 2.3 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| Ruby on Rails 4.2 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| PostgreSQL 9.5 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| Python 3.5 | May 2016 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.2 |
| Redis 3.2 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2019 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| Perl 5.24 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2019 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| Perl 5.26** | May 2018 | May 2021 | RHSCL 3.1 |
| PHP 7.0 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2019 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| MySQL 5.7** | Nov 2016 | Nov 2019 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| Red Hat Developer Toolset 6* | Nov 2016 | Nov 2018 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| Eclipse 4.6 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2018 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| Git 2.9 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2018 | RHSCL 2.3 |
| Ruby 2.4 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2020 | RHSCL 2.4 |
| Ruby 2.5** | May 2018 | May 2021 | RHSCL 3.1 |
| Ruby on Rails 5.0 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2020 | RHSCL 2.4 |
| Scala 2.10 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2020 | RHSCL 2.4 |
| Node.js 6 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2019 | RHSCL 2.4 |
| Nginx 1.10 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2020 | RHSCL 2.4 |
| V8 3.14*** | Oct 2014 | Apr 2018 | RHSCL 1.1 |
| Common Java Packages*** | Apr 2015 | May 2019 | RHSCL 2.0 |
| PostgreSQL 9.6** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2020 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| MariaDB 10.2** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2020 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| MongoDB 3.4** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2020 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| MongoDB 3.6** | May 2018 | May 2021 | RHSCL 3.1 |
| Python 3.6** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2020 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| PHP 7.1** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2019 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| Node.js 8** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2019 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| Nginx 1.12** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2019 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| Apache httpd 2.4 update** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2020 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| Maven 3.5** | Oct 2017 | Oct 2020 | RHSCL 3.0 |
| Red Hat Developer Toolset 7* | Oct 2017 | Oct 2019 | RHSCL 3.0 |
* Available for the following architectures: 64-bit Intel and AMD; 64-bit ARM; IBM z Systems; IBM POWER, little endian; IBM POWER, big endian
** Available for the following architectures: 64-bit Intel and AMD; 64-bit ARM; IBM z Systems; IBM POWER, little endian
*** Dependent collections (not supported separately, only for depending collections)
**** All Thermostat collections are no longer supported.
Note: All other collections are available only for the 64-bit Intel and AMD architectures.
Scope of Coverage
At minimum, Critical and Important Security errata advisories (RHSAs) and Urgent Priority Bug Fix errata advisories (RHBAs) will be issued if and when available. Lower-impact security advisories may be made in the next point release. All errata are provided at Red Hat's discretion.
The following table details the types of software maintenance performed during the life cycle:
| Description | Support |
|---|---|
| Unlimited-incident technical support1 | Yes |
| Asynchronous security errata2,4 | Yes |
| Asynchronous bug-fix errata3,4 | Yes |
| Software enhancements | Yes |
- Full details of support services are provided as part of the subscription agreement.
- See the Issue Severity Classification page for security severity.
- Red Hat may address catastrophic issues with significant business impact for customers through a temporary fix (aka "hotfix") while the bug-fix errata is being created.
- All errata provided at Red Hat's discretion
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