Please all favors indicate if LTS and support length

[Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN]

I agree with Philip. For our current manpower we should not overstretch ourselves.

3 years sounds very good. Also, as a + the other flavors are doing the same. I guess Ubuntu is going for 5 years, right? If yes, than, at least for the core, Ubuntu part, we will have a 5 years support.

Anyway, at the rate Plasma and KDE Apps are evolving, staying with a version for too log is not feasible.

În ziua de Tuesday 19 April 2016, la 11:22:52, Philip Muskovac a scris:
> That is a valid point, but I fear 5 years would simply not work out this 
> time. Most of the other Ubuntu flavors also go with 3 years of support 
> guarantee.
> If we have more people in 2 years we can go with 5 years for 18.04. But 
> then "more" also has to mean "dedicated", as we are talking about being 
> bound to the project for another 5 years, no matter what happens.
> The current team does a great job, that's why we're willing to promise 3 
> years of support for 16.04 while still supporting 14.04 and the usual 
> short term release, but unless the team size increases, supporting 
> multiple LTS releases at the same time will not work out in the long run.
> 
> Philip
> 
> Am 19.04.2016 um 00:34 schrieb Andree Evers:
> > I think 5 years good and should remain so.
> > If the successor LTS version makes problems you have so the 
> > possibility to use the old version until the new LTS version comes.
> > So that it is possible optionally to skipa version.
> > 3 years is too short so that it would not go.
> > A LTS version should not go below 4 years Support.
> >
> > Am 18.04.2016 um 20:37 schrieb Clay Weber:
> >> Agreed.
> >>
> >> On Monday, April 18, 2016 2:22:52 PM EDT Scott Kitterman wrote:
> >>> 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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