On 11/6/2019 9:58 AM, suyog joshi wrote:
So we can say its better to go with latest stable version (8.x) instead of 7.x, which is LTS right now, but can soon become EOL post launching of 9.x sometime early next year.
I don't know where you got the idea that 7.x is LTS ... but I do not think that is correct. I don't think we have a version that could be called LTS, at least not the way I have seen the term used.
It's true that 7.x currently is in a state where it is unlikely to have its feature list changed, which could be seen as stability. But chances are that if you DO run into a bug with a 7.x version, the fix for that problem will probably only make it into the current stable branch, so you'd be upgrading to at least an 8.x version in order to obtain the fix.
Changing to an LTS model would mean changes to the way development is done on the project. Change is always scary. I've asked on the dev list about this.
Thanks, Shawn
