Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS application for 3 years

[Stéphane Graber]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 02:14:57PM +0100, Martin Wimpress wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Adam Conrad asked me to email the technical board with our plan to support
> an application for Ubuntu MATE 16.04 to be an LTS release.
> 
> After discussing this with the core team we'd like to request a 3 year LTS
> for Ubuntu MATE. This is our support plan:
> 
> * I am a core MATE developer, with the support of the MATE Desktop team. We
> can commit to developing bug fixes in MATE 1.12 for the 3 year period.
> 
> * MATE 1.12 is in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 and already branched in GitHub ready
> for back porting fixes, should the need arise.
> 
> * I am a member of the MATE packaging team for Debian. I am already
> practised in back porting fixes and have been doing so for MATE 1.8 in
> Debian Jessie.
> 
> * The Ubuntu MATE components in Ubuntu are essentially artwork, default
> settings and Ubuntu MATE Welcome. Everything else comes from Debian. Our
> core team can maintain the Ubuntu MATE packages that just exist in Ubuntu
> for the proposed 3 years.
> 
> * Ubuntu MATE 16.04 components in Launchpad and BitBucket will be branched
> next week, ready for back porting fixes should the need arise.
> 
> * I have volunteered several times to help with the alpha/beta releases for
> the community flavours. I will continue to represent Ubuntu MATE in that
> regard and assist the release manager. I commit to managing the Ubuntu MATE
> 16.04 point release images up to 16.04.5.
> 
> * I've been working on Ubuntu MATE since June 2014. I'm in it for the long
> haul. All my family use Ubuntu MATE, I'm invested in its future :-)
> 
> I hope that is sufficient to secure a 3 year LTS for Ubuntu MATE. If you
> have any other questions, please ask.
> 
> Best regards, Martin.

Application granted for a 3 years LTS for Ubuntu MATE.

-- 
Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com
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