[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS CE question: will there be a LTS stable release?

Michael Rasmussen mir at miras.org
Wed Jul 26 20:47:27 UTC 2017


On Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:27:28 +0100
Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Which does open the question: how many people need LTS? (And what
> does LTS mean for them - in terms of how long support would be needed,
> and what level of support/backports they expect.) Perhaps Chris could
> chip in here, but I know that with my $DAYJOB hat on the idea of
> dropping security updates for release X as soon as release Y comes out
> is a bit of a non-starter.
> 
I forgot one other important reason:
6) Hardware is acquired only if it is 100% supported by LTS release and
a 3 years support period nicely fits the expected lifetime for hardware.

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