[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 request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor           |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by hlashbrooke):

 Isn't this already the case with older version of WordPress anyway? If you
 have a site on an older major release branch (e.g. 4.2.x) and have auto-
 updates switched on for minor, but not major, releases (which is the
 default in WordPress if I'm not mistaken), then you will continue to
 receive back-ported security and maintenance updates even if you don't
 upgrade to the next/latest major release.

 I still get notifications about auto-updates for old client sites and one
 of them is currently in v4.2.21 as it has been steadily receiving security
 and maintenance updates for years,  even though it hasn't moved beyond the
 4.2.x branch.

 If that's all true, then all that needs to happen for someone to be on a
 4.9 LTS release is to just not run the update to 5.0. If we wanted to
 commit to that, then we could add an option to hide major update
 notifications I suppose, but in effect the work here is already done as it
 stands right now.

 I'm not a core dev by any means, but that seems to be the case as far as I
 can tell.

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