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(a)gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:04:39 +0000
To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Drop support for PHP 5.3
On 21 February 2014 01:00, Techman224 <techman224(a)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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