Ubuntu 14.04LTS package upgrades

[Brian Cluff]

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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