Was feisty really ready to release ?

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Frank McCormick wrote:
>> 
>>>    I've been using Ubuntu (and Debian testing) since Warty..and it
>>> seems the last stable version was Dapper which is still on my other
>>> partition. I've dl'ed the ISO's, but haven't seen anything yet to
>>> prompt me to update.
>> 
>> Of _course_ it was the last really stable version.  What do you think is
>> meant by "LTS"?
> 
> Long Term Support.  I.E. a longer period between upgrades.  LTS is
> supposed to be more stable than other releases,

My point precisely.

> but they're not supposed to unstable either.
> 
Well, I'd disagree with Frank that they aren't stable (at least edgy - I
still haven't tried feisty, but I have faith that it will be worth
installing) but they're specifically not recommended for crucial
applications - that comes with an implication that there will be glitches
that should not occur in Dapper.  If, as Frank, you really like stability,
the LTS versions are the way to go - and they still have a release
frequency likely to beat Debian.
-- 
derek