# RFC: Slicer extension end-of-life procedure

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rfc-slicer-extension-end-of-life-procedure/6483>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rfc-slicer-extension-end-of-life-procedure/6483 "2019-04-12T15:53:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rfc-slicer-extension-end-of-life-procedure/6483/2 "2019-04-12T16:31:38Z")

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Very good point. We actually started discussing this the other day on the developer hangout and started working on a standardized scheme for the extension status.

> [@2019.03.26 Hangout](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2019-03-26-hangout/6288/3):
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> Notes: Thanks to @Sam_Horvath, extension status will be standardized to Stable, Experimental and Unmaintained (or similar). The status will be used to dispatch the build results in appropriate groups: for [SlicerPreview](http://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerPreview) dashboard Stable|Experimental -\> Extensions-Nightly Unmaintained -\> Extensions-Nightly-Unmaintained code to update [here](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/c8fe2bb6706ff042313c335294fd5444f45ce33b/Extensions/CMake/SlicerBlockBuildPackageAndUploadExtension.cmake#L128-L134) in master branch for [SlicerStable](http://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=Slicer4) dashboard Stable|Experimental -\> Extensions-X.Y-Nightly Unmaintained -\> Extensions-X.Y-Nightly-Unmaintained co…

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