Why don't we use Mozilla ESR in Precise?

[Tobia Tesan]

Il 06/02/2012 15:00, Alex Schoof ha scritto:
>
> The WHOLE POINT of an LTS release is that its a consistent, 
> predictable platform where things won't just change out from under you.
>
> If I'm an admin that rolls out 12.04 across my company, and make sure 
> everything works, maybe write some custom tools against it, certify 
> everything, and then one day while patching systems I see that the 
> browser just got its version bumped? With zero warning, and no way to 
> prevent it, my LTS systems all just had a major component jump by a 
> major release. That is not cool.
>
> I think we either need to hold major versions fixed, or reevaluate 
> what "long term support " means.
>

As an admin, I have to say this is IMHO by far the reasonable way to see 
the question.

Cheers

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