The next LTS release looks likely to be Joomla! 1.8 (or perhaps Joomla 2.0 as it will most likely mark a new era in Joomla?) which is supposed to be released at the 10th of Jan 2012, which is exactly 12 months after the release of Joomla 1.6.
This means that if we deploy a website on Joomla! version 1.7 we'll need to keep in mind that after about six months no new security fixes are released.
If you’re the administrator of many Joomla! sites this can have a big impact. Joomla 1.5 will be supported until april 2012 as it is marked as an LTS release. You should ask yourself before upgrading to Joomla! 1.7 (or version 1.6 of course) if there are any features in it that you really need.
And if you decide to upgrade to version 1.7 (or any other non LTS release) you should be aware that after approximately six months you probably need to upgrade.
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