[lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 17, Issue 2

Wed Feb 8 14:45:14 UTC 2017

Will do Simon
thanx
Jim

On 8 February 2017 at 13:00, <lubuntu-devel-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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>    1. Re:  Lubuntu-devel End of PPC architecture (jim northrop)
>    2. Re:  Lubuntu-devel End of PPC architecture (Simon Quigley)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 20:31:55 +0100
> From: jim northrop <james.b.northrop at googlemail.com>
> To: lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu-devel End of PPC architecture
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> With the end of PowerPC architecture, will that also mean the end of bug
> reporting activities and fixes, or should we continue to report LTS related
> issues?
> Thx
> Jim
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> > On 7 Feb 2017, at 13:00, lubuntu-devel-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> >   1.  New Release Manager: Simon Quigley (Walter Lapchynski)
> >   2. Re:  New Release Manager: Simon Quigley (Simon Quigley)
> >   3.  Ending Lubuntu Zesty Daily PowerPC Builds (Simon Quigley)
> >   4. Re:  [Lubuntu-admins] Ending Lubuntu Zesty Daily    PowerPC
> >      Builds (Walter Lapchynski)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 15:00:54 -0800
> > From: Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
> > To: lubuntu-devel <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: [lubuntu-devel] New Release Manager: Simon Quigley
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> > Just letting everyone know that Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) has been
> extremely
> > helpful over the last few cycles with release management. He has done
> such
> > a stellar job, we've decided to give him the official position of Release
> > Manager for Lubuntu. Just as Julien Lavergne (gilir) continues to be one
> of
> > our release managers, so will I, but Simon will be at the helm of the
> ship,
> > so he gets the fancy plaque.
> >
> > Having released myself from that particular responsibility, I plan on
> > working on developing a team to deal with our bugs better. There's a lot
> of
> > work to do here, so if anyone wants to contribute even just a little bit,
> > let me know.
> >
> > Longer term, I hope to build a team of packagers that can help with that
> > more minor aspect of development so that our developers can focus on
> > actually pushing fixes upstream. Again, if you have interest here, please
> > let me know.
> >
> > --
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 17:06:34 -0600
> > From: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>
> > To: Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>, lubuntu-devel
> >    <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] New Release Manager: Simon Quigley
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> > Thank you Walter. I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to
> mentor me
> > in this particular area, and for your contributions to Lubuntu as Release
> > Manager. I look forward to working with you in the future. :)
> >
> > --
> > Simon Quigley
> > tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me
> > tsimonq2 on freenode and OFTC
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 18:57:49 -0600
> > From: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>
> > To: lubuntu-devel <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>, lubuntu user list
> >    <Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>, lubuntu-admins at lists.launchpad.net
> > Subject: [lubuntu-devel] Ending Lubuntu Zesty Daily PowerPC Builds
> > Message-ID: <8a3c9282-2e17-70a0-8279-b9bbcb5bc902 at lubuntu.me>
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> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I noticed we still had PowerPC Daily Builds enabled, and after the
> > Technical Board decided[1] to remove the 32-bit powerpc architecture
> > in future releases, Lubuntu will no longer be able to have a PowerPC
> Zesty
> > release past Feature Freeze. I propose we remove the Lubuntu Zesty Daily
> > PowerPC Builds effective Monday, February 13, 2017, if that's alright
> with
> > everyone. This will ensure that we have adequate time to make sure the
> removal
> > is clean and leaves no outstanding issues on the 16th when the
> architecture
> > is removed.
> >
> > LTS support for PowerPC systems will not go away, lasting until April of
> 2019,
> > so if you have a system that uses the PowerPC architecture on Lubuntu
> 16.04 LTS,
> > you can expect security updates from the Ubuntu archive until April of
> 2021, or
> > support from *us* until April of 2019[2] (only a *three* year support
> period as
> > opposed to five for the entire archive, if that makes sense).
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-
> announce/2016-December/001199.html
> > [2] http://lubuntu.me/xenial-released/
> >
> > --
> > Simon Quigley
> > tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me
> > tsimonq2 on freenode and OFTC
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> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 17:13:40 -0800
> > From: Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
> > To: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>
> > Cc: lubuntu-devel <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>,
> >    lubuntu-admins at lists.launchpad.net, lubuntu user list
> >    <Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] [Lubuntu-admins] Ending Lubuntu Zesty
> >    Daily    PowerPC Builds
> > Message-ID:
> >    <CAFe_ewhnK-U4j6WoeT8gGUmCyiNrM_wZX_U60EjYw+aB3KXRKQ at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > As much as I am sad to see PPC go, there's little we can do in light of
> the
> > lack of upstream support. Thanks for taking care of this, Simon.
> >
> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> I noticed we still had PowerPC Daily Builds enabled, and after the
> >> Technical Board decided[1] to remove the 32-bit powerpc architecture
> >> in future releases, Lubuntu will no longer be able to have a PowerPC
> Zesty
> >> release past Feature Freeze. I propose we remove the Lubuntu Zesty Daily
> >> PowerPC Builds effective Monday, February 13, 2017, if that's alright
> with
> >> everyone. This will ensure that we have adequate time to make sure the
> >> removal
> >> is clean and leaves no outstanding issues on the 16th when the
> architecture
> >> is removed.
> >>
> >> LTS support for PowerPC systems will not go away, lasting until April of
> >> 2019,
> >> so if you have a system that uses the PowerPC architecture on Lubuntu
> >> 16.04 LTS,
> >> you can expect security updates from the Ubuntu archive until April of
> >> 2021, or
> >> support from *us* until April of 2019[2] (only a *three* year support
> >> period as
> >> opposed to five for the entire archive, if that makes sense).
> >>
> >> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> >>
> >> [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-
> >> announce/2016-December/001199.html
> >> [2] http://lubuntu.me/xenial-released/
> >>
> >> --
> >> Simon Quigley
> >> tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me
> >> tsimonq2 on freenode and OFTC
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 18:35:17 -0600
> From: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>
> To: jim northrop <james.b.northrop at googlemail.com>,
>         lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu-devel End of PPC architecture
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> > With the end of PowerPC architecture, will that also mean the end of bug
> reporting activities and fixes, or should we continue to report LTS related
> issues?
>
> Please, keep reporting LTS-related issues.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Simon Quigley
> tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me
> tsimonq2 on freenode and OFTC
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