Please all favors indicate if LTS and support length

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Mon Apr 18 18:22:52 UTC 2016


FWIW, I think that's prudent.

Scott K

On Monday, April 18, 2016 02:32:52 PM privat wrote:
> Anyone against me answering "Short" for Kubuntu 16.04?
> 
> I don't think anyone would want to run the current LTS for more than 2
> years (still lots of WIP stuff, even if usable), and I doubt anyone of
> us will care about 16.04 much in ~2020.
> 
> for reference: 14.04 is "Normal"
> 
> Philip
> 
> Am 18.04.2016 um 13:27 schrieb Stéphane Graber:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > The request for MATE to be a 3 years LTS reminded us that we need to
> > know what flavors will be LTS and how long they intend to support it.
> > 
> > The usual supports lengths are:
> >   - Not LTS (9 months)
> >   - Short LTS (3 years)
> >   - Normal LTS (5 years)
> > 
> > Please all flavor leads reply to this e-mail, picking one of those 3
> > options. Someone on the TB will then review and confirm the request.
> > 
> > This needs to happen very soon as we will need to update Launchpad to
> > set the right support length on the various packages, which means that
> > you can't produce final images until this is sorted.
> > 
> > Thanks!



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