What does LTS *actually* mean

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:27:02 Harald Sitter wrote:
> Thanks for the thoughts.
> 
> As I am currently writing a policy on this matter, currently the
> characteristics of a Kubuntu LTS seem to be:
> 
> * Long-term KDE SC backport target (PPA)
> * Long-term security update target (-security)
> * Long-term stable update target (-proposed) [stable updates policy
> applies - ensuring time is not wasted]
> * Extra permissive stable release update handling while LTS=latest stable
> 
> Anyone got any final additions/objections?

What does the last one mean in practical terms?  The stable update permissions 
we have are from the tech board, so we can't modify them unilaterally.

Scott K