Hmm just having a look at the FAQ?
Moreover, you are saying you have more than 30 years of software use and you need to get someone else suggestion to know which is the risk in using developing releases or making a transition to a new release of the sw?
At the end you are blaming again against other people instead of admitting that this is the result of just your own decision.
Nobody forced you not to spend more time at the forum to get the right information for your user case… and you are the only that know your real user case.
And last but not least, as I already told you, many users have switched to v5-pre without big hassle and without blaming anyone.