Thread:Project:Support desk/ImageMagick version requirement or recommendation?/reply (6)

Offering nginx 1.2.7 in a repository is eventually going to lead to an unstable machine (i.e. hacked). The largely unmaintained repos are pretty much there to screw over those who are new to using the software - I see experienced Apache devs running the repo version of nginx. Yes, the OS and the most popular packages are stable, but the rest of it is a briar patch.

What you are suggesting the LTS version to be is different from what it is. What you are suggesting makes sense - just maintain the OS and leave it to the user to install the software, but that isn't how they do things. They like to make life exciting. Even Microsoft gets rid of their dangerous software when they release something new (upgrading IE in XP doesn't leave IE 6.0 as an option to be run).