[ubuntu-uk] LTS or Latest Version??

[Matthew Wild]

On 19 October 2010 23:32, Tony Doherty <tony.doherty at zen.co.uk> wrote:
> I am always keen to update to the latest releases of Ubuntu.
>
> However, can I ask - if I were to stick with a LTS version such as 10.4 long term - would this version eventually receive updates to upgrade to the latest versions of, say, FireFox and OpenOffice when they become available?
>

Generally no. The software versions stay as they are when that version
of Ubuntu was released. The only updates are to fix bugs. Sometimes
this means updating to a new bugfix release of given software,
sometimes it means Ubuntu manually applying bugfixes in their
packages.

It's aimed a little more at developers and packagers than end users,
but this page explains a bit behind it:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Regards,
Matthew