Call for vote Re: LTS status for Ubuntu Budgie 24.04

[Sebastien Bacher]

Hey David,

Thanks for providing those details and sorry for not responding early to 
your message, it somehow ended up marked as read in my TB folder without 
me remembering it and I just found it back when checking the archive 
after the TB meeting from yesterday.

To me Ubuntu Budgie matches the requirements and the request to be a 
3-years-LTS supported releases makes sense so I'm voting +1


Could other TB members also reply to this email with their vote?

Thanks,
Sébastien

Le 28/11/2023 à 17:47, David Mohammed a écrit :
> Hi Sebastien,
>
> Our primary support arrangements are through where our community
> engages the team.
>
> 1. issues raised via our discourse site discourse.ubuntubudgie.org,
> 2. formal bug reports via launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie
> 3. formal bug reports via our github projects https://github.com/ubuntubudgie
> 4. formal bug reports via our key packages
>
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-desktop
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-control-center
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-extras
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/magpie
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arc-theme
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-backgrounds
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-desktop-environment
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-desktop-view
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-indicator-applet
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm-settings
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/slick-greeter
>
> Ubuntu Budgie are formally part of the upstream budgie project called
> buddiesofbudgie https://github.com/buddiesofbudgie
>
> Our aim is to upstream any fixes - but primarily are engaged with
> future budgie development.  The vast majority of issues we have made
> during the 20.04 and 22.04 LTS periods have been git cherry-picks from
> the latest development release if possible.
>
> The team consists of eleven people https://ubuntubudgie.org/team/ four
> of which are primarily developers with various roles to resolve issues
> and test.
>
> We primarily maintain the key packages via Debian with the exception
> of the version of budgie-desktop-environment which is maintained in
> ubuntu N.B. Debian we maintain the same named package but is tailored
> for Debian.
>
> I'm the DM for the packages.  A couple of team members help package
> updates with myself validating before pushing.
> I also have packageset rights for Ubuntu Budgie.  The aim we have is
> to have at least one further team member to gain individual rights for
> packages they are most familiar with.  We will assess later when it's
> appropriate to request an expansion of packageset rights at a later
> date.
>
> We have adhered to the expectations for flavours
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecognizedFlavors and can confirm we have
> always contributed actively to all phases including beta, RC and
> release.
>
> We try to always have at least two team members contactable via IRC -
> #ubuntu-release, #ubuntu-flavors and #ubuntu-quality.
>
> We also currently maintain separate raspi build since 21.04, including
> the current LTS period and all standard releases
> (https://sourceforge.net/projects/budgie-remix/files/). We would like
> consideration of a formal raspi build and have been discussing this
> with the release team and other flavours.
>
> David (project lead)
>
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 16:09, Sebastien Bacher <seb128 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Hey David,
>>
>> Similarly to what has been requested for the other flavors in response
>> to their recent requests could you provide some details about
>>
>> - the support plans for the LTS period
>>
>> - Where users should file bugs / who to contact in the event of any issues?
>>
>> - the key upstream packages you use and how they will be supported
>> during the LTS period?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sébastien Bacher
>>
>> Le 13/11/2023 à 17:33, David Mohammed a écrit :
>>> To the Technical Board,
>>>
>>> On behalf of Ubuntu Budgie, we'd like to re-qualify for LTS for 3
>>> years for 24.04. Our team is https://launchpad.net/~ubuntubudgie-dev
>>> and I am the primary contact with Mauro Gaspari as backup.
>>>
>>> We have successfully managed the LTS status for 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04
>>> and have participated successfully for all interim/standard releases..
>>> We believe the current team can equally manage the LTS period for
>>> 24.04 for 3 years.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>> --
>>> David Mohammed
>>> Project Leader - Ubuntu Budgie
>>>