Being a firm believer in the LTS model, I support David's take on this issue. Besides, they tend to be tested and reliable and have a longer support window by default, so it makes sense to support them in turn.
From: dgerard@gmail.com Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:04:39 +0000 To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Drop support for PHP 5.3
On 21 February 2014 01:00, Techman224 techman224@techman224.ca wrote:
Let me put this out there so there isn’t confusion. The regular 6 month releases of Ubuntu are the stable releases. A LTS release is released every two years on the same cycle as regular Ubuntu releases. A LTS release is certainly more stable than regular releases, but not calling regular releases stable is a bit misleading.
For server purposes, I think we can stick to LTSes. Approximately nobody runs a non-LTS Ubuntu for their web hosting. (And even less now that non-LTSes are only getting a nine-month lifetime.)
- d.
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