Follow Up from "Let's Discuss Interim Releases"

[Thierry Carrez]

Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
>>  - Move the concept of using 'a release of Ubuntu' to using 'a
>> configuration' - LTS is 'keep my behaviour unchanged', interim
>> releases are 'give me new features when they are production quality'
>> and 'development edition' is 'give me new stuff as soon as it enters
>> the archive'.
> 
> About LTS mode ('keep my behaviour unchanged') I suspect every n years
> you'll have to create another LTS mode. For people who want their
> behaviour unchanged but from a reasonably modern starting point. How do
> you handle that ?

Elaborating on that, LTS mode is actually "keep me secure with my
behaviour unchanged". That means backporting security fixes to the
"behavior unchanged" state. If you don't want to drive your security
team crazy, you'll need a limited set of discrete states. That's another
role "releases" (as milestones) fill for you.

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)