[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44851: Offer LTS (Long Term Support) version of WordPress 4.9.x when 5.0 (Gutenberg) rolls out

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#44851: Offer LTS (Long Term Support) version of WordPress 4.9.x when 5.0
(Gutenberg) rolls out
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 Reporter:  mor10        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature      |      Status:  new
  request                |
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, javascript,
                         |  docs, administration, template
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Comment (by mor10):

 Replying to [comment:8 nacin]:

 > This has always been based **only** on my own personal belief that if we
 have the ability to auto-update older sites to patch them ''for security
 reasons'', then we should do so.
 >
 > The aim has always been that once effort is put into making major-
 release automatic updates a reality, we would just begin to update all 3.7
 sites to 3.8, and eventually 3.8 sites to 3.9, etc., until there are only
 a few branches in play at any time.

 This is pretty much literally what I'm proposing, only in a more
 formalized way: Give users who are not ready for the future an offramp to
 a holding position where they sit in 4.9.x (with security updates) until
 they update to 5.X. The alternative right now is to go with a fork, which
 is far worse.

 > I don't wish the maintenance of this on anyone.

 Like I said, and you just said, maintenance here would be purely security
 updates with the aim of moving people to the new version. Work wise this
 seems a much less heavy investment option than having to maintain an ever
 changing Classic Editor plugin to conform to the ever changing Gutenberg
 outside the editor reality we are moving into.

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