While I remember, here's a good example of an (IMO) bad decision being made due to the LTS meme: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-February/

While I remember, here's a good example of an (IMO) bad decision being made due to the LTS meme: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-February/004275.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-Februa... Point taken about the actual underlying causes of the upgrade pain though. Speaking personally I very much appreciate all the work that goes into delivering OpenJDK and I think some of the anti-Java groupthink that exists on HN is regrettable.