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Re:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to get extra-long desktop support cycle by zokier on Friday October 21, 2011 @07:29PM (#3142190)
So basically they are extending their "server" support to desktops too. I always found it funny that it was tiered like that, considering that they use the same packages.
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Re:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to get extra-long desktop support cycle by jwm on Friday October 21, 2011 @09:44PM (#3142461)
I don't know too much about how the Canonical maintenance process works, but I imagine for all the server packages maintainers have to backport all new security and bug patches that come out to the package versions in the LTS releases.

It would follow that doing this for all the desktop packages would be extra work.

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