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One line from the relevant reported bug [1] that caught my eye was: "The current behavior gives the impression that Ubuntu 22.04 is unreliable and unsafe to use

One line from the relevant reported bug [1] that caught my eye was: "The current behavior gives the impression that Ubuntu 22.04 is unreliable and unsafe to use which is a problem for an LTS release that many people might want to use for critical production context." I think a lot of people make the same, understandable, but incorrect, assumption that an LTS release is more stable than a normal release. In my experience, Ubuntu LTS releases are equally stable/unstable as non-LTS release - the only distinction is that it is supported for a longer period of time, and hence tends to acquire more stability over time. Recently released LTS versions are quite frequently messy, and quite often new features make their debut in LTS releases - sometimes disruptively. [Edit: Turns out this is one such case - systemd-oomd made its Ubuntu debut in 22.04] [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1972159 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/19721...

treesknees 4y ago
I'd say it's not a terrible assumption given the fact you said yourself that the LTS release does become more stable over time. If picking between LTS and non-LTS, for stability, LTS is certainly the better choice. That being said, the real solution here for "critical production" is to not run on a release that just came out, period. There's a reason Ubuntu LTS doesn't actually let you upgrade to the next LTS until the .1 release comes out. People should be deploying 20.04 if they want stability, and then upgrading to 22.04.1 when it comes out. Our infra team is still upgrading from 18.04->20.04, they won't be looking at 22.04 for a few years yet.