brainstorming for UDS-N - Package Selection and Defaults

[Dustin Kirkland]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 04:35:40PM -0500, C de-Avillez wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:47:04 +0200
>> Allison Randal <allison at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>> > The Package Selection and Defaults track is about choosing the
>> > best-of-breed packages (applications, libraries, etc), a common task
>> > across all editions of Ubuntu. It includes considering the viability
>> > of up-and-coming new software, the decline of end-of-life packages,
>> > the risks and gains of upgrades and migrations.
>> >
>> > What's high on your list for this area?
>> > Allison
>> >
>>
>> I would like to see byobu as a default install for servers [1]
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/byobu/+bug/586546
>
> There is an existing blueprint for that, which explains the conditions which
> would need to be met in order to make this feasible.
>
> I don't have a link handy, but let's not repeat the same discussion a third
> time this cycle. ;-)

I think Matt is referring to:
 * https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-lucid-byobu
 * https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-maverick-byobu-and-you

Since you're interested in seeing Bug #586546 fixed, Carlos, you may
want to attend this UDS session:
 * https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packageselection-server-n-install-flavors

:-Dustin