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<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I'm writing this as a frustrated flavor lead. There is some
unacceptable behavior from the release team and the archive admins
toward myself and perhaps, more generally, the Ubuntu Studio
flavor.</p>
<p>There are a total of 8 packages awaiting review for over a month
now. Supposedly this is a "queue" and that I *shouldnt't* bug
#ubuntu-release, but it seems that other packages are favored more
than the multimedia/audio production packages. Honestly, I have no
idea why these packages are sitting there awaiting review. I
shouldn't have to ping ubuntu-archive in #ubuntu-release to get
this done. When I have, I've been told it's a "queue".</p>
<p>These are the packages awaiting review:</p>
<ul>
<li>redkite</li>
<li>bchoppr</li>
<li>bsequencer</li>
<li>dragonfly-reverb</li>
<li>bshapr</li>
<li>bslizr</li>
<li>new-session-manager</li>
<li>mcpdisp</li>
</ul>
<p>These have been awaiting review since July 7th and haven't seen
even a cursory glance, save dragonfly-reverb with got deferred by
one archive admin to be looked-at by another archive admin.</p>
<p>Additionally, I'm getting told items like this telling me
information that I should somehow magically already know.
Backstory: zita-ajbridge had an approved SRU for a 100% CPU usage
issue and has been stuck in focal-proposed for over a week, the
Monday-Thursday stuff notwithstanding. This occurred in
#ubuntu-release as a response to my inquiry:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><tt><vorlon> Eickmeyer:
zita-ajbridge> you know this week was focal .1 release,
right? So promotions from -proposed to -updates were frozen
in order to not derail the ISO mastering. If this was
something that you felt should have gone into the .1 media,
you would've needed to communicate it directly to the release
team in time for inclusion. But at this point it will need to
wait until Monday</tt></blockquote>
I did not know there were freezes just prior to point releases
(nor can I find the documentation though I'm open to it being
pointed-out), and I feel like the way this information was
presented to me was rude and possibly outside of the Ubuntu Code
of Conduct. </p>
<p>My intention was not to get it into the .1 release, but to get it
<i>*into the updates to begin with*</i>. Additionally, the .1
release is the excuse I was given for why the packages awaiting
review for groovy hadn't been reviewed yet.<br>
</p>
<p>Is Ubuntu Studio a burden and unwelcome? Are you upset that it
didn't die the way it was going to two years ago before I got to
it? Honestly, I'm getting tired of the unprofessional behavior
from people and processes that should just work. If you don't want
Ubuntu Studio around, let me know. But I'm getting real tired of
sending these emails with my frustrations. <br>
</p>
<p>If it's too much work, then you need to seek-out and identify
additional archive admins and release team members. I realize this
requires a large amounts of expertise, but failing to identify
these people is a leadership failure at its core (my degree is in
leadership, so this is something I can authoritatively speak on).</p>
<p>Additionally, I expect the same amount of courtesy and respect as
anyone else. Instead, I'm treated as though I'm unintelligent and
annoying, especially by Steve Langasek. This behavior needs to
stop. I respect Steve's knowledge and expertise, but the treatment
I consistently get from him is belittling at best.</p>
<p>I'm also sorry to post this publicly, but I feel as though this
needs to be talked about in a more public forum since I've
attempted to have these discussions privately to no avail. I also
feel as though my frustration needs to be adequately expressed.</p>
<p>With that, I expect real solutions and responses, not lip
service. Thank you for your time.<br>
----<br>
Erich Eickmeyer<br>
Project Leader<br>
Ubuntu Studio<br>
<br>
ubuntustudio.org<br>
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