Kubuntu 24.04 LTS application for 3 years

[Alex Murray]

On Tue, 2024-02-13 at 22:30:35 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 11:07:23AM +1030, Alex Murray wrote:
>> On Mon, 2024-02-12 at 01:16:35 -0700, Scarlett Moore wrote:
>> >> Thanks for sending through the application for Kubuntu 24.04 LTS. The
>> >> listed points of contact look great - as does the support timeframe of 3
>> >> years. I notice you state the following two points
>
>> >> However the kubuntu packageset is more than just KDE - also it is not
>> >> clear to me which packages in the kubuntu packageset would be included
>> >> in this list - can you please be a bit more specific as to which
>> >> packages this would include?
>
>> > Kubuntu packageset would probably be a better set of words as to what we will 
>> > support in the 3 years.
>
>> The current kubuntu packageset is quite large -
>> https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/packagesets/noble/kubuntu
>
>> Note, the kubuntu team does not have to commit to maintaining all of
>> these packages over the course of the LTS (particularly since a lot of
>> these are in other seeds etc).
>
>> I wonder if instead it would be more realistic to commit to those in the
>> supported seed for kubuntu:
>
>> https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/seeds/kubuntu.noble/supported
>
> Please bear in mind that the "supported" set gives a list of packages
> supported by the Kubuntu team but NOT part of the kubuntu image; because
> those are in a different seed.  As I alluded in the TB meeting, what we
> really want here is "all packages seeded in any of the kubuntu seeds, plus
> their dependencies as determined by germinate, minus anything that is
> already supported by Canonical for Ubuntu".

Thanks for the clarification Steve, clearly I'm showing my ignorance
here so have set myself some homework to re-read
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement again :) If there is any other
relevant docs that you know of, please let me know.

>
> I will try to get something stood up this week that can report on what
> exactly that looks like, so that you can confirm what you intend to support
> (and also hopefully make it updateable so you can iterate if you identify
> stuff you no longer want to support).
>
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