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: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:04:39 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Drop support for PHP 5.3 > > On 21 February 2014 01:00, Techman224 <[email protected]> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
