I wonder which way would give a better success rate.

1. Write the patch for the latest LTS version and let the LLM forwardport it to master. (But don't roll out the LTS update until after the rolling distros get the patch?)
2. Or write the patch for master and let the LLM backport it to LTS.

Especially if you're having the LLM port to every active LTS version, maybe option 1 would work since it's more like a midpoint? Kind of a more neutral zone, fewer commits to conflict in any direction. And that could theoretically prioritize the most recent LTS version as being the most reliable, which is probably what most critical deployments actually need.