Re: Ubuntu 14.04LTS package upgrades

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Author: Keith Smith
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu 14.04LTS package upgrades
Cool, Thanks!!

On 2015-09-29 10:11, Brian Cluff wrote:
> Sounds like Ubuntu is exactly what you are looking for. For any
> updates Ubuntu will fix the original version shipped with the LTS, so
> you don't have any worries about a new version being introduced and
> messing everything up.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 09/29/2015 08:32 AM, Keith Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using Ubuntu 14.04LTS in a test environment because I needed a
>> newer version of PHP and MySql than what CentOS 7 (RHEL 7) comes with.
>>
>> I've been using CentOS and / or RHEL for about 7 years and am
>> comfortable with it. I am especially appreciative of how RHEL
>> backports so no packages are broken.
>>
>> After configuring and using Ubuntu 14.04LTS I would like to move to it
>> in production.
>>
>> I have heard horror stories of distributions upgrading to a newer
>> version of Apache, MySql, and/or PHP and breaking the server or the
>> apps running on the server.
>>
>> I'm wondering how Ubuntu deals with this type of potential problem.
>>
>> According to this page : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS Ubuntu 14.04LTS
>> will be supported until late 2019. That is almost 5 years on the same
>> version. I would expect to stay on 14.04LTS for probably 3 or 4 years
>> depending on what comes down the pike.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your insight!!
>>
>> Keith
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