Call for vote Re: LTS status for Ubuntu Budgie 24.04

[Lukasz Zemczak]

Would be great if Budgie could get a bit more team-members with upload rights!

But either way, +1 from me.

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 at 17:02, Sebastien Bacher <seb128 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>>
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