Ubuntu GNOME

Fri Feb 21 15:34:02 UTC 2014

Hi everyone,

So what we did last time around was ask for each flavour to provide a
wiki page about their intentions for the LTS, we then reviewed those and
granted LTS status accordingly.

An example is available at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/12.04/LTS-Proposal

For this cycle, I don't think it's worth getting every existing LTS
flavour through that paperwork again, but we'll want to know from each
flavour lead whether they do want LTS status, what packages (outside of
the set that's supported by Canonical) they intend to support and for
how long.

For new flavours (I think this currently only applies to Ubuntu GNOME),
having a similar wiki page setup would be nice as it explains what set
of packages are shared with other flavours, contains a list of unique
sources you intend to support and clarifies what users may expect from
LTS status for the flavour.

So it'd be great if you could copy that wiki page and fill it for Ubuntu
GNOME then send us that URL so we can have a quick look at it.

As Mark said, the HWE backports are pretty important and not taking
those has been a source of problem for some flavours in 12.04, I'd
strongly recommend all flavours include those and keep in sync with
Ubuntu in that regard.

I'll now start another thread for all flavour leads for flavours who had
LTS status in 14.04 to confirm that they want it again this year and how
long their support commitment will be (last time it was either 3 years
or 5 years, but I don't see any reason not to accept other values so
long as they are < 5 yeasr).

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:51:19AM +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Ali
> 
> From my perspective, the Ubuntu GNOME community are welcome to make a
> public commitment to supporting additional components of Ubuntu GNOME
> that are not in main, for any period. Anything in main will be supported
> by Canonical for the full LTS period, if you need to support additional
> components its fine to say "we as a community are making the commitment
> to this support period".
> 
> HWE is strongly recommended - it enables your stack to work with newer
> hardware, especially graphics hardware.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 20/02/14 19:07, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
> >
> > Dear the technical board of Ubuntu,
> >
> > I have sent 4 days ago the below email:
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org
> > <mailto:amjjawad at gnome.org>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Dear The Technical Board of Ubuntu,
> >
> >     Greetings :)
> >
> >     I'm one of the leaders of Ubuntu GNOME [1] and I hope we're not
> >     late to ask about this at this time.
> >
> >     We'd like to go for an LTS Release for Trusty and we were
> >     wondering if it is good time to ask? or it is too late?
> >
> >     Also:
> >     1- How long do we have to apply?
> >     2- Minimum Support Period? we guess it is about 2 years or maybe 3?
> >     3- What happens with hardware enablements stacks and point
> >     releases? are these mandatory?
> >
> >     Please note that I am not a developer so easy on me :)
> >
> >     We have done and put - example [2] - extra ordinary efforts to be
> >     able to have an LTS release for this cycle and everyone involved
> >     has worked so hard to achieve that on all the areas, not just the
> >     development side. But of course, your approval and statement will
> >     decide that.
> >
> >     Thank you!
> >
> >
> >     [1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/UbuntuGNOME-Team
> >     [2] - https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome-packaging
> >     <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gnome-packaging>
> >
> >     -- 
> >     Best Regards,
> >     amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> >     *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> >
> >     Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage
> >     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage>
> >     Join Ubuntu GNOME
> >     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GettingInvolved>
> >     Test Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing>
> >     Contact Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs>
> >     Download Ubuntu GNOME
> >     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yet, it seems it is not yet approved as I got:
> >
> > Your confirmation is required in order to cancel the posting of your
> > message to the mailing list /technical-board/:
> >
> >   * *Sender:* amjjawad at gnome.org <mailto:amjjawad at gnome.org>
> >   * *Subject:* Ubuntu GNOME
> >   * *Reason:* Post by non-member to a members-only list
> >
> > Hit the /Cancel posting/ button to discard the posting.
> >
> > Or hit the /Continue awaiting approval/ button to continue to allow
> > the list moderator to approve or reject the message.
> >
> >
> > I checked and I found my email on the archive but I didn't get an
> > email that confirms my email was approved. I suppose it was approved
> > indeed, that is why it appeared on the public archive:
> >
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2014-February/001816.html
> >
> > But, to rule out any kind of any error, I am sending again to make
> > sure you have received it. Sorry for sending twice but without a
> > confirmation, I am a bit confused here.
> >
> > Appreciate the efforts you're putting to make everything as good as it
> > gets and keep up the great work!
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Best Regards,
> > amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> > *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> >
> > Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage>
> > Join Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GettingInvolved>
> > Test Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing>
> > Contact Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs>
> > Download Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME>
> >
> >
> 

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