first time i install drupal few years ago, i said hey this is 'the cms' that i always want and searching for....
this is the end of my quest and changing cms every few months....
this is it. this is the one.

so i setup few modules and stuffs and my site goes well.
few weeks later i browse drupal and see a new version is up and upgrading is recommended.

so i download and upgrade drupal and all modules i can upgrade and remove some modules not upgradeable.
so it went well...

few weeks later i see another new drupal and it's all over again....
as always, upgrade is recommended....
and not all modules are upgradeable/compatible with new drupal.

then i found myself more busy updating/upgrading drupal than updating my site.

it's similar case with linux distros. like using the great opensuse but there's new version every few weeks and upgrading is hell pain in the **s.

that's why more admin choose debian/ubuntu which upgrading is darn easy and almost fool proof.

back to drupal...
can drupal be more like debian?? perhaps few clicks upgrade.
well... actually... more like typolight.org (but only in term of easy upgrade).

or...
perhaps more like rhel/centos or ubuntu which have long term support version (>5 years security update).
which guarantee security update for one version and do not force us keep upgrading to new version.

this way we can focus on updating our site rather than keep upgrading drupal.

tnx!
tnx for the great product and support which all free...

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s.daniel’s picture

Similar requests and discussions have been seen all over drupal.org. However my short answer would be: Drupal has always been aiming to offer newest and best technology available maiking it easy to use. This can not be done with 100% backwards compatibility without the administrators having to do some work keeing their clients systems up-to-date.

However this is generelly a good thing as The client stays uptodate and the administrator not out of work. ;)

If you are looking for a more "ready to use" and commercially supported Drupal you should take a look at the features Acquia are going to offer. http://acquia.com/