What does LTS *actually* mean

[Aleix Pol]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Harald Sitter <apachelogger at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> I was just wondering. What does LTS mean? In terms of supporteeness?...
>
> If I file a bug against 12.04 LTS, does that bug get special treatment
> because it affects LTS?
>
> If it doesn't, what properties decide whether a bug in 12.04 would get
> a fix at all?
>
> If the software I reported a bug against was removed from after 12.04,
> what happens to my bug?
>
> Are there reasons why a bug (not wish) would get a fix for 12.04 even
> when the software was removed afterwards?
>
> If the software still is in use and a bug is fixed in a future version
> (say 14.04), does that fix get SRUd?
>
> Are there circumstances when such a fix would not get SRUd?
>
> If my bug was fixed in a future version but through an unknown set of
> (upstream) changes, what will happen to my bug?
>
> Who is in charge of tracking LTS bugs?
>
> Is there a time frame within which I should get a reply to my LTS bug
> report?
>
> If I don't get a reply to my LTS bug, what am I supposed to do?
>
> HS
>
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In case you want more food for thought, let me note that most of the
development at the moment is focused into properly porting to KF5 now, this
means that the current code-base will stop getting developers' attention
soon enough, let alone in 2 or 3 years.

Aleix
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