<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Stéphane Graber <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stgraber@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">stgraber@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi everyone,<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
I'm sending this e-mail on behalf of the current Edubuntu project<br>
leaders, Jonathan Carter and myself.<br>
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Jonathan and I have both been involved in Edubuntu for a long time<br>
(almost 10 years for Jonathan and almost 9 for me). We were at first<br>
just contributors, then became council members and after the council got<br>
disolved due to lack of candidates, as the two project leaders.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thank you both for everything you, the community behind the project and everyone else had done!<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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A lot changes in that many years and while at the start we both had a<br>
considerable amount of spare time to invest in making Edubuntu great,<br>
even getting paid for it at times, that is simply not the case anymore.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Totally understand.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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We've both moved on to new projects, with the hope that we would one day<br>
find some time to work on Edubuntu again. That's why we decided to make<br>
Edubuntu LTS-only after the 14.04 release, hoping that over the course<br>
of two years we would find the needed time to make a good Edubuntu 16.04 LTS.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good luck with the new projects :)<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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This plan didn't quite work out as we're now a month away from the 16.04<br>
release with little to no work having been done on Edubuntu.<br>
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We could of course patch things up a bit, drop the things that don't<br>
work and call it good enough. But we don't think that would be fair to<br>
our users who are expecting a well thought through distribution where<br>
all details have been taken care of.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I understand.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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That's why I'm announcing today that Edubuntu will NOT be releasing a<br>
16.04 LTS version. Instead, Jonathan and I will focus on ongoing support<br>
of Edubuntu 14.04 LTS until it goes EOL in April 2019.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sad but true.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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That's not to say that Edubuntu is dead, at least not yet.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Glad to know :)<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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While Jonathan and I will solely focus on fulfilling our promise of<br>
support for Edubuntu 14.04 LTS, new contributors are absolutely welcome<br>
to take over the Edubuntu project and shape it to their liking.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm replying this email to announce publicly that I'd like to take over the project and hopefully after 16.04, there might be a new version/release. Whatever the case is, I'm interested to take over :)<br><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad</a><br><br></div><div>I've been involved with many projects for many years.<br></div><div>For the last 2 years, I've become very interested and super active in Education and E-Learning. I have my own projects which focus on Education and it's a great chance for Edubuntu to play a major role and take a part in what I'm doing and what I'm very interested in.<br><br></div><div>I have a quick idea in mind but can't just share it at the moment unless I make sure it will work. Those who have worked with me for years, they know for a fact that when it comes to ideas, I'm one of those who could make a real change.<br><br></div><div>You may want to have a look at my wiki page above.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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The two of us will be happy to sponsor any Edubuntu related uploads,<br>
will help new contributors get Edubuntu membership and then hold<br>
elections to setup a new Edubuntu Council which would finally take<br>
the whole project over from us.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you agree that I take over, it would be great if I still can get some help/support from you both or from whoever else involved :)<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Should none of that happen by the time Ubuntu 17.10 is released,<br>
Jonathan and I will ask the Technical Board to revoke Edubuntu as an<br>
official flavour and will be removing any leftover packages from the<br>
archive, remove our seeds and any cdimage build integration, effectively<br>
removing Edubuntu from the Ubuntu release process.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't and I hate to see that happens! <br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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While a bit late as far as announcing this, I think our plan fulfills<br>
the "Step down considerately" clause of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct,<br>
allowing for new contributors to pick things where we left them or to<br>
come up with a completely new vision if they prefer.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sad about that but I think that's the best thing to do! <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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It's been a fun ride for the two of us and we very much hope that this<br>
won't be the end of Edubuntu but instead a new beginning for this great<br>
Ubuntu flavour!<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yet again, wish you both the ultimate best :)<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Sincerely,<br>
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The retiring Edubuntu project leaders, Jonathan Carter and Stéphane Graber.<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thank you!<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."</span><br><br>Best Regards,<br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad" target="_blank">Ali/amjjawad</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>
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