End of Support Announcements for Crucible

This page contains announcements of the end of support for various platforms and browsers when used with Crucible. This is summarised in the table below. Please see the sections following for the full announcements.

End of Support Matrix for Crucible

Platform	Crucible End of Support
MySQL 5.0	January 2012
PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1	January 2012
IBM ClearCase (all versions)	4 April 2012 (announcement)

The table above summarises information regarding the end of support announcements for upcoming Crucible releases. If a platform (version) has already reached its end of support date, it is not listed in the table.

Why is Atlassian ending support for these platforms?

Atlassian is committed to delivering improvements and bug fixes as fast as possible. We are also committed to providing world class support for all the platforms our customers run our software on. However, as the complexity of our applications grows, the cost of supporting multiple platforms increases exponentially. Each new feature has to be tested on several combinations of application servers, databases, web browsers, etc, with setup and ongoing maintenance of automated tests. Moving forward, we want to reduce the time spent there to increase Crucible development speed significantly.

On this page (most recent announcements first):

Deprecated Database Support for Crucible (4 October 2011)

This section announces the end of Atlassian support for certain databases for Crucible.

We will stop supporting older versions of databases as follows:

For the next major version of Crucible, in January 2012, support for MySQL 5.0, PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1 will end.

Please refer to the Supported Platforms for more details regarding platform support for Crucible. If you have questions or concerns regarding these announcements, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Database	Support End Date
MySQL 5.0	January 2012
PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1	January 2012

End of Support Notes for MySQL 5.0 and PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1:

Atlassian intends to end of life support for MySQL 5.0, PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1 in January 2012. The release of Crucible after January 2012 will not support MySQL 5.0, PostgreSQL 8.0 or 8.1.
As mentioned above, the releases of Crucible before January 2012 will contain support for MySQL 5.0 and PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1.

Deprecated Web Browsers for Crucible (21 March 2011)

This section announces the end of Atlassian support for certain web browsers for Crucible.

We will stop supporting older versions of web browsers as follows:

From Crucible 2.6, due in May 2011, support for Internet Explorer 7 will end.

The details are below. Please refer to the Supported Platforms for more details regarding platform support for Crucible. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of Life Announcement for Web Browser Support

Web Browsers	Support End Date
Internet Explorer 7	When Crucible 2.6 releases (target May 2011)

Internet Explorer 7 Notes:

Crucible 2.5 is the last version to officially support Internet Explorer 7.
Crucible 2.6 is currently targeted to release in May 2011 and will not be tested with Internet Explorer 7. After the Crucible 2.6 release, Atlassian will not provide fixes in older versions of Crucible for bugs affecting Internet Explorer 7.

Deprecated Java Platforms for Crucible (21 March 2011)

This section announces the end of Atlassian support for certain Java Platforms for Crucible.

We will stop supporting the following Java Platforms:

From Crucible 2.6, due in May 2011, support for Java Platform 5 (JDK/JRE 1.5) will end.

We are ending support for Java Platform 5, in line with Sun's Java SE Support Road Map (i.e. "End of Service Life" for Java Platform 5 dated October 30, 2009). We are committed to helping our customers understand this decision and assist them in updating to Java Platform 6, our supported Java Platform.

The details are below. Please refer to the Supported Platforms for more details regarding platform support for Crucible. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of Life Announcement for Java Platform Support

Java Platform	Support End Date
Java Platform 5 (JDK/JRE 1.5)	When Crucible 2.6 releases, due May 2011

Java Platform 5 End of Support Notes:

Crucible 2.5 is the last version to officially support Java Platform 5 (JDK/JRE 1.5).
Crucible 2.6 is currently targeted to release in May 2011 and will not be tested with Java Platform 5 (JDK/JRE 1.5). After the Crucible 2.6 release, Atlassian will not provide fixes in older versions of Crucible for bugs affecting Java Platform 5 (JDK/JRE 1.5).

Deprecated SCM Repository Support for Crucible (4 April 2011)

This section announces the end of Atlassian support for certain SCM repositories for Crucible. End of support means that Atlassian will remove all functionality related to certain SCM repositories past the specified date. Releases before that date will contain the functionality that supports the SCM, however, Atlassian will fix only critical bugs that affect functionality for that SCM, and will not add any new features for that SCM. After the specified date, Atlassian will not support the functionality in any version of Crucible.