Edubuntu 24.04 LTS Qualification

[Alex Murray]

Hi Erich,

Thanks for taking the time to elaborate - this looks great. Can I please
ask that once a suitable location is established for Edubuntu that these
details be documented there too?

Cheers,
Alex

On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 10:54:52 -0800, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Since this is the first LTS for Edubuntu in 10 years, I understand the need for a few more details than provided for Ubuntu Studio. Unfortunately, there's a few caveats with regards to a semi-permanent location:
>
>   * The current edubuntu.org website is a temporary placeholder until IS works on the RT for bringing back the original edubuntu.org website that was sunset not 6 months prior to my RT.
>   * The entire wiki area for Edubuntu is severely outdated and, considering everything is moving to discourse[1], I don't recommend anyone use it.
>
> With that in mind, I think the semi-permanent location will have to be this very thread in the lists.ubuntu.com archives.
>
> Now, on to the main topic (statement of support):
>
>   * Edubuntu 24.04 LTS will be supported for 3 years.
>   * Our support is limited to the educational and instructional packages we include as well as our own developed utilities (e.g. Edubuntu Installer,  Edubuntu Menu) as well as any GNOME extensions we provide (gnome-shell-extensions-alphabetical-menu)
>   * The desktop environment is maintained by the Ubuntu Desktop team as Edubuntu is mostly an add-on to the Ubuntu Minimal seed.
>   * Most applications come from Debian and are maintained upstream.
>   * GNOME packages not maintained by the Ubuntu Desktop team are maintained by the Debian GNOME team. We work closely with Jeremy Bicha for advice and bugs on these packages.
>   * Bugs are filed against packages in Launchpad.
>
> I think that should cover it.
>
> Thanks,
> Erich
>
> [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-documentation-modernization-initiative/33116
>
> For that reason, we'll just
>
> On 11/26/23 22:30, Alex Murray wrote:
>> Hi Erich,
>>
>> Thanks for submitting this - it's great to see Edubuntu coming back into
>> the LTS fold :)
>>
>>  From my perspective the only thing missing here is a statement of the
>> level of support that users can expect for Edubuntu 24.04 LTS. Similar
>> to the thread for Ubuntu Studio
>> (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2023-November/002796.html)
>> can you please also provide a statement on the support plan? As part of
>> this could you also please include details on where users should file
>> bugs etc since even though Launchpad is the defacto for Ubuntu it may
>> not be the case for flavors, so it would be good to have this stated
>> explicitly even if this is the case for Edubuntu too.
>>
>> Finally, would you also be able to also have this support info
>> documented somewhere semi-permanent like the wiki or on edubuntu.org?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
>> On Mon, 2023-11-13 at 08:19:54 -0800, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning technical board,
>>>
>>> For the first time in 10 years, Edubuntu would like to qualify for LTS
>>> status for 24.04. We have had two successful non-LTS releases as an
>>> official Ubuntu flavor again and have a solid team (~edubuntu-dev).
>>> I'll serve as primary point of contact for development purposes with
>>> amypenguin serving as secondary contact/team lead. Support period would
>>> be 3 years.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Erich
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>>> Erich Eickmeyer
>>> Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio
>>> Technical Lead - Edubuntu
>>>
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