Ubuntu 14.04LTS package upgrades

[Keith Smith]

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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