On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 10:50:10AM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote: > > Maybe, if we were doing an only-critical-fixes LTS release series, > > it'd be easier for downstream outfits to consume that instead of > > cherry-picking security fixes. I'm just speculating though. > > It's entirely possible that packagers would ignore our opinions > > and keep on cherry-picking only security fixes, in which case > > we'd be doing a lot of work for little return. > > ... if there were a PostgreSQL LTS series, Debian would probably use it. > > Overall, I think the current 5-year support window is good enough. > I don't see PostgreSQL supporting 10 years, so ELTS efforts will > always have to do some patching on their own.
Thanks, that was very helpful. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
