Handling of apps not marked as compatible

Hi,

I'm creating this topic because of an annoying thing about Nextcloud version changes and thereby deprecation handling of older versions.

Usually, I'm checking my Nextcloud installation for updates every week or so and I also check with the security scanner to see it's current rating. Anything below A is, in my opinion, unacceptable.

But there is a dilemma:

With deprecation of Nextcloud 31, it is no longer possible to keep all installed app AND to keep security rating A or better, because Nextcloud is updated much faster than the apps available for installation. So when looking into an upgrade to Nextcloud 32 or higher, I'm getting warned that not all apps would be compatible with that. Currently, Nextcloud 31 get's an F rating.

I'd therefore suggest to check for sufficient app compatibility BEFORE declaring any version as outdated and unsupported. To me, having either defunct apps or compromised security is an unsolvable very bad choice.

Am I alone with that assessment?

Start by reviewing the existing checks that determine when a Nextcloud version is declared outdated or unsupported, along with how installed app compatibility is assessed. Define the expected behavior for versions with incompatible apps and validate it against the security-rating and upgrade scenarios described in the issue.