> You don't have a nextcloud problem, you have a system administration problem.
Those aren't mutually exclusive. Sure, better dev ops would make major upgrades safer and easier. But for a hobbyist self-hosting their own instance, a LTS release would be a godsend to save them hours of unpaid work.
Who said it was a challenge?
When does grunt work move beyond challenge to the point of not being worth it?
I got out of self hosting because my time is too valuable. It did teach me lots of new skills, so that was great!
However, somebody not wanting a time sink, is not them avoiding challenge.
This is the boat I'm in. And even if you do "everything right" and have snapshots before & after every update, you still need to actually debug why the update failed in the first place. So even then, LTS releases would be a greatly appreciated feature.
Those aren't mutually exclusive. Sure, better dev ops would make major upgrades safer and easier. But for a hobbyist self-hosting their own instance, a LTS release would be a godsend to save them hours of unpaid work.