[trustable-software] Another straw man...

[Paul Sherwood]

Hi Alison
On 2017-07-05 02:04, Chaiken, Alison wrote:
> The direction this effort is going is admirable, but the termination
> of the pipeline at 'deployment' surprises me.   Shouldn't ongoing
> support, at least in the form of bug fixes and security patches, be a
> necessary aspect of trustability?   Purchasers of software for
> safety-critical devices commonly expect 10 years of support, at least
> as part of a contract.   Is support outside of the scope of the
> discussion?

I wish I could say that this was a deliberate mistake, to check who's 
actually up and awake :-)

You're quite correct - long term maintenance and support is a major part 
of the problem/scope we all need to design and plan for. I'll revisit 
the doc soon.

br
Paul