Roadmap for Lubuntu

Fri Apr 26 23:16:24 UTC 2013

Sounds good for me! If I can help with something, let me know :D

Sergio Meneses
Linux User: #478743
Ubuntu User: #24056

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>wrote:

> Julien and everyone,
>
> Congratulation and WELL DONE :D
> Yet another successful release and we should really be proud of that.
> Above all, without our loyal users, we won't achieve or reach this point.
> What a fantastic and amazing family :D
>
> I'm not a developer so don't set your sensors high :D easy on me.
>
> First thing first, this is GREAT NEWS, WOW :D
> MHO, regardless of any details, if dropping 13.10 will buy us more time
> and definitely it will, so that we focus on THE RELEASE of Lubuntu (14.04)
> which we are planning to make it an LTS release, yet our best release, then
> +1 from me for dropping 13.10 and again, regardless of any other details -
> just stating my personal opinion :)
>
> And could we have more details about:
>
> *Well, you probably know that Canonical is pushing for a Qt switch over
> GTK, but also by changing it's display manager (MIR). You may know
> also that LXDE is thinking about switching to Qt too, by joining
> forces with Razor-qt desktop environment. All those changes may be an
> opportunity to start another adventure, using Razor-qt as a base. It's
> also a reason to release 14.04 as a LTS, because it could be the final
> release with LXDE and GTK.  We will also be free to make very big
> changes for 14.10, because we know we have a LTS behind to recommend,
> for a long time.
>
> To prepare this, I'll also work on a specific session (call QLubuntu,
> pronounce it “Cute Lubuntu” ;-)), to test during 13.10 and 14.04, if
> the option to go with Qt is possible.*
>
> It seems very early to go in deep details but since you mentioned that, I
> guess we should discuss that on different separate email - *"What is
> after 14.04"* because, looks like we are about to make a huge different
> jump or as you stated, a new adventure.
>
>
> I remained silent for the last 21hours :D
> Wanted to take some rest (had lots of stuff going on in my real life) but
> I guess I can't wait. For now, I'm just stating my opinion about 14.04 and
> how glad I'm for learning that finally, we are going LTS :D
>
> I'd also like to share my upcoming huge projects and important plans.
> Long story short:
>
> 1- My Huge Plan:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu#The_Huge_Project_-_Start_Lubuntu
>
> 2- LOST [1] version 2.0 :D
> Don't freak out guys, I'm not talking about new thread here, just wait and
> see ;)
> LOST is on the Wiki Area now and it will remain but I'm actually talking
> about the next version/generation of LOST!
>
> *I must save some time to write more details and once I'm done, I will
> send an email with new subject.*
>
> These are my major two plans for now. I was holding that until 13.04 is
> being released. Someone advised me to wait and I had to listen to his
> request ;) now, I won't listen :P I want to have fun and do something
> serious.
>
> WOW Lubuntu will be a huge team work project. Again, details on that link
> and more coming soon.
>
> LOST version 2 is Doc and Wiki Team project. I will however do the
> sample/draft of what I'm planning to do and then discuss that with the Wiki
> Team.
>
> @Julien
> Whatever direction you are planning to go, you do have my FULL support ;)
>
>
> Thank you everyone for this great achievement and great news - we will
> have so much fun :D can't wait ;)
>
> Ali
>
> [1] - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Julien Lavergne <gilir at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First and following Phill, I want to thank you all for this 13.04
>> release. Releases after releases, it seems to go smoother than the
>> last one :-)
>>
>> However, it's time to think about the future. During the last cycle,
>> there were a lot of news from Canonical about the future of Ubuntu.
>> Lubuntu is part of the family, so every big changes in Ubuntu affect
>> Lubuntu. However, and I want to make it clear for anyone : Lubuntu is
>> a community project, with its own release schedules, its own choices …
>>
>> That's said, let's go with some ideas :-) What I'm going to say, it's
>> a very long proposal, open for discussions. But discussions mean
>> arguments if you have another opinion ;-)
>>
>> Next steps are 13.10, and 14.04 which should be a LTS version for
>> Ubuntu. Last LTS (12.04), I considered that we were not ready for such
>> commitment. I was also unsure of the work needed to make a good LTS.
>> With more experience, I have now a better vision of this goal.
>>
>> So, let's make it simple, I would like Lubuntu 14.04 to be a LTS version.
>>
>> But claiming we want a LTS its' not enough. First, we need to make it
>> stable enough, so we can safely claim it's a LTS, because people who
>> install a LTS want a stable system. But, I also would like to make it
>> sexy enough to be proud of it, to make people happy to recommend it. I
>> would like to make it THE release of Lubuntu, the reference of all
>> Lubuntu releases. To achieve it, I have several goals in mind, items
>> that I consider we need to finish for the LTS, and I think we can
>> finish them :
>>
>> - Finish lxsession, to make the system fully customizable and able to
>> run minimal set of applications by default (I'll talk about it later,
>> when you will be able to test it properly).
>> - Fully translatable : it's vital to make it available in a maximum of
>> languages
>> - Artwork : finish the icon theme for a GTK environment, finish the
>> other pieces of the artwork and its integration, to make Lubuntu even
>> more beautiful
>>
>> Another item I would like to add, but I'm not sure we will be able to
>> make it, it's an off-line documentation, or a nice manual.
>>
>> Of course, we need also the usual bug fixes and small improvements
>> everywhere, but the main focus should be on those topics.
>>
>> Also, soon we will need to decide which applications we want in this
>> LTS. We should do it in an other discussion, but it's the right time
>> to do big changes if we consider they are good.
>>
>> Considering all the big changes which may happen for 13.10, I'm also
>> thinking of the possibility to not do a proper 13.10 release,
>> depending of the state of 13.10 after all the big structural changes,
>> and near feature freeze. Again, it can be reconsidered in due time,
>> but we may keep this in mind. I'm prepared to drop 1 release if we can
>> do a very good 14.04 LTS.
>>
>> And after 14.04 ?
>>
>> Well, you probably know that Canonical is pushing for a Qt switch over
>> GTK, but also by changing it's display manager (MIR). You may know
>> also that LXDE is thinking about switching to Qt too, by joining
>> forces with Razor-qt desktop environment. All those changes may be an
>> opportunity to start another adventure, using Razor-qt as a base. It's
>> also a reason to release 14.04 as a LTS, because it could be the final
>> release with LXDE and GTK.  We will also be free to make very big
>> changes for 14.10, because we know we have a LTS behind to recommend,
>> for a long time.
>>
>> To prepare this, I'll also work on a specific session (call QLubuntu,
>> pronounce it “Cute Lubuntu” ;-)), to test during 13.10 and 14.04, if
>> the option to go with Qt is possible.
>>
>> So, what do you think about it ? :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien Lavergne
>>
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