Ubuntu MATE LTS Re-qualification request

[Sebastien Bacher]

+1 also from me to the Ubuntu MATE's 3 years LTS request

Cheers,
Sébastien Bacher

On 19/04/2024 01:50, Alex Murray wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> On Thu, 2024-04-18 at 14:03:50 +0100, Martin Wimpress wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>>>> I want to request Ubuntu MATE 24.04 qualification as an LTS release, supported
>>>> for 3 years. Key contacts include myself (flexiondotorg), Alan Pope (popey), and
>>>> Bill (franksmcb).
>>>>
>>>> We have a small team of active members on the team and are currently moving
>>>> team collaboration to an Ubuntu MATE space on the ubuntu.com Matrix.
>>>>
>>>> Support is limited to security and significant bug fixes for the MATE package
>>>> set; applications from which are seeded by several of the other flavours.
>>>>
>>>> We also help maintain packaging for several other applications, including
>>>> Arctica Greeter, Ayatana Indicators, Blueman and Yaru.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for providing the details above, I'm assuming then that you are
>>> committing to supporting the packages listed in
>>> https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/packagesets/noble/ubuntu-mate for
>>> 3 years?
>> That is correct.
>>
>>>  From https://ubuntu-mate.org/support/ it would appear that the main
>>> support mechanism is the ubuntu-mate.community discourse and associated
>>> LP bug reports against these packages.
>> LP issues are the main mechanism for reporting issues bugs, packaging
>> issues and security issues.
> Ok, I wonder if perhaps it would be worth documenting this a bit more
> clearly since from https://ubuntu-mate.org/support/ it seems more like
> the discourse is the primary means for reporting issue - I realise there
> are some notes right at the bottom of that page about reporting bugs but
> perhaps this could be a bit more prominent via a section under
> "Community Support" that explicitly mentions reporting bugs?
>
>> However, I've been talking to the Ubuntu Community team about more
>> closely aligning the Ubuntu MATE community spaces with the Ubuntu
>> community spaces. The move to Matrix was the first step, and adding
>> Ubuntu MATE category to the Ubuntu Discourse and using AskUbuntu for
>> Ubuntu MATE support is underway with assistance from the community
>> team.
>>
> Nice!
>
>>> One question I have to ask is that from what I see over in the Ubuntu
>>> MATE discourse is that various folks seem to think you are focusing on
>>> NixOS now and have abandoned Ubuntu MATE
>>> (https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/plans-for-24-04-lts/27110/14,
>>> https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/plans-for-24-04-lts/27110/22) - although
>>> I can see you have been active in the ubuntu-mate github
>>> organisation. Can you clarify what your personal plans are going forward
>>> for Ubuntu MATE and specifically what that looks like for the proposed 3
>>> year timeframe for a possible 24.04 LTS?
>> Working with Nix and NixOS is a big part of my day job. I will  maintain
>> Ubuntu MATE for the 24.04 LTS life cycle and the support window for
>> future interim releases. That said, I am keen on bringing some new
>> maintainers into Ubuntu MATE and mentoring them to bring some fresh
>> ideas to future releases of Ubuntu MATE. I'll be posting a CTA for this
>> after the 24.04 release.
> Thanks for the reassurance.
>
>  From the TB point of view, I am satisfied that Ubuntu MATE meets the
> requirements for a 3 year LTS for 24.04. +1 from me.
>
>> -- 
>> Regards, Martin.
> Cheers,
> Alex
>