On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Insurance Squared Inc. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gcooke@insurancesquared.com">gcooke@insurancesquared.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Why would I subscribe to get continued updates on a previous version instead of subscribing to current versions. It's not like MS where new versions are a new OS, the different versions on Mandriva are pretty much seamless transitions.<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all">In the Ubuntu universe, there is the concept of Long Term Support releases.<br><br>For the desktop, this means security updates for 3 years. For servers, it is 5 years.<br><br>For example, 8.04 server was released in April 2008, and will be supported to April 2013. Even though a newer versions is out (10.04, in April 2010), the previous LTS version will not be obsoleted until the 3 (or 5) years have passed.<br>
<br>This is very convenient, since there are some niggles occasionally. For example, 10.04 ships PHP 5.3, which has issues with some Drupal modules (as has been demonstrated by the recent upgrade). This makes it easy to stay with the older 8.04 which has PHP 5.2, while the Drupal modules have time to catch up and are changed to work with PHP 5.3, over a year or a bit more.<br>
<br>No rush to upgrade means more stability for clients.<br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. -- Edsger W.Dijkstra<br>Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -- Leonardo da Vinci<br>