LTS release

[resyguok42]

Any plans for a Weblate Long Term Support release ?

Use case :

• I am satisfied with current features.
• I just want a stable and low maintenance Weblate production instance for a few years.
• When a security update is needed, I just restart the docker compose on latest sub-sub-version without worrying about configuration or feature changes.

With an LTS release, their would be just 2 versions to patch on security updates : the "LTS" version and the "Latest" version.
(and maybe the previous LTS during a transitioning period between LTSs)
Users would choose between "LTS" and "Latest", depending on their needs.

[nijel]

We currently do not have any such plans. We have a small team, and the code base evolves a lot, so the LTS is something we cannot reasonably provide.

It would be challenging even for security fixes only, because most of the libraries Weblate depends on do not have LTS releases. So if you want to get a security fix for a library, you need to take the latest version and deal with the API changes it might have introduced.

[resyguok42]

Thanks for your quick and detailed response.
Maybe in a few years.