Release packages for Ubuntu 18.10 / 19.04 (non-LTS)

[vlad88sv]

Summary

Release packages for Ubuntu 18.10 / 19.04, current 18.04 can't be used anymore as libcurl3 conflicts with libcurl4, which is a dependency of curl so you have to resort to unofficial snap builds

Desired Behavior

Have couchDB packages for Ubuntu 18.10 and 19.04

Possible Solution

Implement a official PPA or consider supporting lastest Ubuntu / CentOS for each major release.

Additional context

Having to resort to LTS versions just because of the DB engine is problematic for me, as I have to keep my applications current with the latest versions of Linux

***** THANKS *****

[wohali]

Hi @vlad88sv ,

Current policy is only to support LTS builds. The reason is that CouchDB does not coexist well on machines running other processes, and since you need a dedicated server for that machine, you might as well run an LTS release.

We are a volunteer run project with limited computing resources. Running a full regression test and build on each new platform requires a large amount of infrastructure on our side, plus min. 1 hour of compute time per platform.

Adding non-LTS support is not likely in the near future, but we'll consider it.

[wohali]

I'm going to move this issue over to our packaging repository. Do not be alarmed if this issue closes.