Follow Up from "Let's Discuss Interim Releases"

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

On 12 March 2013 17:23, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 3/9/2013 6:45 AM, Otus wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Robert Bruce Park
>> <robert.park at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Although I feel quite strongly about my support for the rolling
>>> release model, if it is rejected, we can't continue as we used to. We
>>> simply do not have the resources to support more than two releases at
>>> a time. I'd prefer to only have to support LTS+rolling, but LTS+"one
>>> interim at a time" would be an acceptable second best.
>>
>>
>> If you need/wish to cut down the number of supported releases all the
>> way down to two at a time (from current ~5) there are really only two
>> options:
>
>
> I am pretty sure he meant all supported LTS count as one, and the goal is to
> not have more than one non LTS supported.
>

LTS releases must overlap to allow for upgrades. Plus the benefit of
LTS is its longer support, e.g. even reaching beyond the next two LTS
release.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.