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On 1/25/2019 9:16 PM, Aaron Conole wrote:
> Jay Rolette <rolette@infinite.io> writes:
> 
>>>    * Questions from Intel Test about the use of the Stable Tree.
>>>      Do people use it? Each stable/LTS release requires a lot of
>>>      testing and there are currently 3 releases to be tested.
>>
>> We do @ infinite io.
> 
> +1.  Red Hat also uses the LTS releases.

I assume the question is around stable tree, not LTS.
We have LTS trees: 16.11, 17.11, 18.11
And a stable tree valid for one release, latest stable tree will be: 18.08.x

In the existence of the LTS, do we need to keep stable tree?

> 
> I'm curious why there are three?
> Isn't 16.11 deprecated now that 18.11 is released?  Maybe I
> misunderstand that part.

16.11 will have latest release and later EOL. For one release there are three
LTS, other times two.