<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p>Hi All,</p> <p><br> </p> <p> My name is Dale Beaudoin and I am the project owner of unity7 maintainers team: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk867470" previewremoved="true"> https://launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers</a></p> <div id="LPBorder_GT_15108975345310.9604775007300442" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id="LPContainer_15108975345260.7280866495273218" style="width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);" role="presentation" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr style="border-spacing: 0px;" valign="top"> <td id="TextCell_15108975345280.2713234607587329" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" colspan="2"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_15108975345280.04250518482184462"></div> <div id="LPTitle_15108975345280.6634767602468589" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_15108975345290.8223027308609592" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers" target="_blank">Unity7 Maintainers Team in Launchpad</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_15108975345290.6115765907468856" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> launchpad.net</div> <div id="LPDescription_15108975345300.04378114013411227" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> Unity7 Maintainers Team is a community based team that will focus on maintaining depends and testing various aspects of apps and app behaviour. Some specific packages ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> and I am also team captain of <a href="https://launchpad.net/~u+1" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk810038" previewremoved="true"> https://launchpad.net/~u+1</a> which is a community based testing team and I am seeking official status for the flavor ubuntu-unity-amd64.iso (and) currently defined as Ubuntu Unity 7 Desktop Experience. I make this request on the suggestion of Will Cooke and many others from the Ubuntu Community who have joined the unity7 maintainers team. <p></p> <div id="LPBorder_GT_15108984151540.9229044174035885" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id="LPContainer_15108984151490.5138936820085015" style="width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);" role="presentation" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr style="border-spacing: 0px;" valign="top"> <td id="TextCell_15108984151500.23922948090488838" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" colspan="2"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_15108984151500.6287041401997439"></div> <div id="LPTitle_15108984151510.048130735276820436" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_15108984151520.008387837964940914" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://launchpad.net/~u+1" target="_blank">U+1 - Ubuntu Development Releases Testing Team in Launchpad</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_15108984151520.08713488166749628" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> launchpad.net</div> <div id="LPDescription_15108984151530.6250976981385908" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> Visit the team wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/U+1 for more information. U+1 is a self-managed and independent team, dedicated to testing the Development Releases of ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><br> </p> <p> I have built an experimental ISO based on 18.04 cycle here: <a href="http://people.ubuntu.com/~twocamels/?_ga=2.202611921.1395504858.1510562354-489780228.1413308918" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk271478" previewremoved="true">http://people.ubuntu.com/~twocamels/?_ga=2.202611921.1395504858.1510562354-489780228.1413308918</a> <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p> and am working with team captain, Khurshid Alam to set up other infrastructure to get this project rolling in the right direction.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Khurshid has created a meta package here: <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-unity-meta" rel="nofollow noopener" id="LPlnk11390" previewremoved="true"> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-unity-meta</a><a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-unity-meta" rel="nofollow noopener"><span class="badge badge-notification clicks" title="2 clicks"></span></a> <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Source code(git here: <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers/ubuntu-unity-meta/+git/ubuntu-unity-meta" rel="nofollow noopener"> https://code.launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers/ubuntu-unity-meta/+git/ubuntu-unity-meta</a> <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>and PPA(binary) here: <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers/+recipe/ubuntu-unity-meta-daily" rel="nofollow noopener"> https://code.launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers/+recipe/ubuntu-unity-meta-daily<span class="badge badge-notification clicks" title="3 clicks">3</span></a> <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Martin Wimpress suggested I write to the Technical Board to request that Ubuntu Unity 7 Desktop Experience have offical status. Other discussion can be found here: <a href="https://community.ubuntu.com/t/test-daily-current-ubuntu-unity-amd64-iso/1685/15" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk706891" previewremoved="true"> https://community.ubuntu.com/t/test-daily-current-ubuntu-unity-amd64-iso/1685/15</a> </p> <div id="LPBorder_GT_15108989680440.6185976985566582" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id="LPContainer_15108989680350.8286310291231486" style="width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);" role="presentation" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr style="border-spacing: 0px;" valign="top"> <td id="ImageCell_15108989680360.7129262372889216" style="width: 250px; position: relative; display: table-cell; padding-right: 20px;" colspan="1"> <div id="LPImageContainer_15108989680360.9985426909499966" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 200px; position: relative; margin: auto; display: table; width: 200px;"> <a id="LPImageAnchor_15108989680380.5485020060739213" style="display: table-cell; text-align: center;" href="https://community.ubuntu.com/t/test-daily-current-ubuntu-unity-amd64-iso/1685/15" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline-block; max-width: 250px; max-height: 250px; height: 200px; width: 200px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" id="LPThumbnailImageID_15108989680390.22423581080143318" width="200" height="200" src="http://community.ubuntu.com/letter_avatar/chanath/200/5_575c88de006dbb45acb45f470d140b10.png"></a></div> </td> <td id="TextCell_15108989680390.34929327502713126" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" colspan="2"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_15108989680390.5600475385620711"></div> <div id="LPTitle_15108989680390.8503358594131419" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_15108989680400.5255900105586508" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.ubuntu.com/t/test-daily-current-ubuntu-unity-amd64-iso/1685/15" target="_blank">Test daily/current ubuntu-unity-amd64.iso</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_15108989680410.4976595323987577" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> community.ubuntu.com</div> <div id="LPDescription_15108989680420.4113620114325115" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> I uninstalled gnome-settings-daemon first, just to see what’d happen. It didn’t ask me to autoremove. Then uninstalled gnome-settings-daemon-schemas. It asked me to autoremove a lot of packages, so I reinstalled those packages as manually installed. With them, gnome-settings-daemon-schemas also got installed back. The thing is, there should be a meta-package for ubuntu-unity, just as it was for ubuntu-gnome, so the guys can look after the packages, rather than keep on remastering a downloaded ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> and here: <a href="https://community.ubuntu.com/t/unity-7-continuation-call-for-developers-and-supporters/736/164" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk805814" previewremoved="true"> https://community.ubuntu.com/t/unity-7-continuation-call-for-developers-and-supporters/736/164</a> <br> <p></p> <p><br> </p> <p>Well, I hope this all helps.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Thank you for your patience. If I have left anything out then please guide me what to do next.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>regards,</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Dale f. Beaudoin<br> </p> <div id="LPBorder_GT_15108990465120.4105856264080029" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id="LPContainer_15108990465030.14569986157090442" style="width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);" role="presentation" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr style="border-spacing: 0px;" valign="top"> <td id="ImageCell_15108990465050.7728315866078513" style="width: 250px; position: relative; display: table-cell; padding-right: 20px;" colspan="1"> <div id="LPImageContainer_15108990465050.6475044020328088" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 180px; position: relative; margin: auto; display: table; width: 180px;"> <a id="LPImageAnchor_15108990465070.9731541150133668" style="display: table-cell; text-align: center;" href="https://community.ubuntu.com/t/unity-7-continuation-call-for-developers-and-supporters/736/164" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline-block; max-width: 250px; max-height: 250px; height: 180px; width: 180px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" id="LPThumbnailImageID_15108990465080.9172301392894691" width="180" height="180" src="http://community.ubuntu.com/user_avatar/community.ubuntu.com/dale-f-beaudoin/200/770_1.png"></a></div> </td> <td id="TextCell_15108990465090.34106097866943874" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" colspan="2"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_15108990465090.7729440015798115"></div> <div id="LPTitle_15108990465090.6565877284014496" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_15108990465100.7098229572045561" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.ubuntu.com/t/unity-7-continuation-call-for-developers-and-supporters/736/164" target="_blank">Unity 7 Continuation - Call for Developers and Supporters!</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_15108990465100.10978482269699963" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> community.ubuntu.com</div> <div id="LPDescription_15108990465110.12627414179138297" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> Thank you Nick, This all worked out very well. Regards…</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <p></p> </div> </body> </html>