> Well, I know this has been discussed several times, but why not having 2
> stable trees : one for the average "joe" user which would include fixes
> and new features, and one for prod servers which will have only bugfixes,
> and quite old, tested features, with less risks of regression.
Think distributions, think 2.2.x (still actively maintained), think 2.4.x
(just now declared stable, ready for "just bugfixes"), and think 2.5.x +
assorted unofficial patches.
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