[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 ayeshrajans):

 I'm concerned a lot about the community being split into two.

 Take Drupal 7 -> 8 as an example. Drupal 8 is a complete rewrite of the
 framework, and it actually split the community. There is even a fork,
 Backdrop that promises to keep the Drupal 7 as an LTS version, but it is
 quite a burden to maintain an LTS version and we don't have all the Drupal
 7 developer community willing to move on to Drupal 8.

 I really like the idea of Classic Editor. However, as the time goes by and
 new projects start to use Gutenberg, there will be a big pressure build-up
 from other plugins to use Gutenburg; the usage numbers of Classic Editor
 will hopefully go down. This is a natural process compared to a forced LTS
 version.

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