Long Term support versions?

[Dale Scott]

> On Nov 19, 2018, at 12:51 PM, @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 13 Nov 2018, at 06:57, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org> wrote:
>>    Yes but what we don't have any real idea about is when to expect
>> 12.<final> apart from less than five years from next month.
> 
> So we already know that 11-FINAL will end its life before 12-FINAL, leaving us once again without a final version that we can use.
> 
> Meanwhile, Ubuntu just announce that the newest LTS version will be supported for 10 years.

IIUC, The current release engineering process was seen to be the best compromise given the level of resources available. Assuming nothing has changed, it might be wishful thinking hoping for a Linux-like LTS (which I also have sometimes wished for).

On the other hand, it might be more pragmatic to take a CI approach and learn how to live with the release process. Is that possible?

Cheers.