[ATTENTION] LTS Release - Urgent Need for More People
Erick Brunzell
lbsolost at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 25 20:47:07 UTC 2013
On 12/25/2013 02:02 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Erick Brunzell <lbsolost at yahoo.com
> <mailto:lbsolost at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> On 12/25/2013 11:12 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad)
>> <amjjawad at gmail.com <mailto:amjjawad at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Ubuntu GNOME Community,
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad)
>> <amjjawad at gmail.com <mailto:amjjawad at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> As you may know, 14.04 Cycle is an LTS (Long Term
>> Support) Cycle. Having that said, Ubuntu and most of the
>> official flavours will have LTS Release. For the moment,
>> the lack of Manpower could keep us away from having an
>> LTS Release. However, after a discussion with our
>> Developers, we'd like to announce the urgent need for
>> these roles:
>>
>> 1- Someone with Bug Control to 'Actively Commit' to
>> triaging Ubuntu GNOME bugs.
>>
>> 2- Couple of people helping out with 'Bug Fixing'.
>>
>> 3- People to help with 'Packaging' on the PPA's
>>
>> PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for people with experience
>> and skills! We NEED people to commit for 3-5 years
>> support and not just join for few months then leave.
>>
>> NO PROMISES to be made but we would be comfortable enough
>> to submit an application to the Technical Board in order
>> to have an LTS Release when we will have volunteers who
>> can actively contribute and help us.
>>
>> If you have the required experience and skills or if you
>> know someone who has, please let us know :)
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>>
>>
>> The above email was sent in 26th of October, 2013 :)
>>
>> This was posted on our website on the 3rd of November, 2013:
>> http://ubuntugnome.org/urgent-need-for-more-contributors/
>>
>> Same Call for Help had been posted on our Social Media:
>> Twitter, Goolge+ and Facebook.
>>
>> Good News?
>> We have so many replies and interested people.
>>
>> BAD NEWS?
>> ONLY FEW are active and I have NO idea where is the rest? :(
>>
>> Sad but true. While I can't deny I was expecting that but I
>> set my hope so high and was really interested to see more
>> interested people.
>>
>> Having that said, and to re-remind you of this email:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-December/001240.html
>>
>> Please be informed that we DO NEED more help, support and
>> contribution. Otherwise, and let me be super honest here,
>> having an LTS release might be really hard if not impossible.
>>
>> Not trying to be negative here but rather honest and
>> realistic. We are all volunteers here. We appreciate your
>> intentions but we do need your actual contributions.
>>
>> I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone
>> who responded to our call of help and actually did contribute
>> and still. THANK YOU so much!
>>
>> Happy Holidays everyone :)
>>
>> --
>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> Best Regards,
>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>>
>>
>> As a follow up to my previous email, just thought to share this
>> with you:
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU1Mjk
>>
>> I shall say/write no more :)
>> Everything is clear now. And, as always, if you are in doubt,
>> just ask.
>>
>> Sorry to spoil your holidays but this is important!
>>
>> --
>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> Best Regards,
>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>> Areas of Involvement
>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement>
>> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
>>
>>
> Let's wait to hear from Tim!
>
> Even if we can't do an LTS at this stage in our development there
> is no reason to think that Ubuntu GNOME will just go away. I've
> devoted a great deal of time to testing the upgrade processes
> detailed at the iso-tracker and I welcome complaints!
>
> Lance
>
>
>
> As long as I am alive and as long as there is Ubuntu and as long as
> Tim and other great people around, Ubuntu GNOME will NEVER go away,
> that is a fact :)
>
> I think the writer didn't mean exactly that Ubuntu GNOME fade away
> over night but let's take his words as good intention rather bad/negative.
The writer said explicitly, "The Ubuntu
<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU1Mjk#> GNOME
distribution that packages up the latest GNOME Shell 3 desktop
environment atop Ubuntu Linux
<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU1Mjk#> is already
conceding they are low on resources and might be incapable of doing a
14.04 LTS release come next spring".
Is that true?
While not your intention you did sound a death knell for the project and
now you need to try and "unring" that bell.
Lance
>
> I am one of those who DO WANT an LTS release :D
> Ubuntu GNOME is great, I can NOT wait 2 more years to see an LTS of
> this great system. I am putting so much blood, sweat and tears into
> this. Not only me, there are many great people around doing the same.
> We just need 'more' people. I will do whatever it takes to have an LTS
> version for Ubuntu GNOME and I do mean whatever it takes :)
>
> Thank you!
>
> P.S.
> Yes indeed. You are one of the great testers of our system and BIG
> thanks for that. I wish you will carry on and support this for this
> release and the coming ones :)
>
> --
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> Best Regards,
> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> Areas of Involvement <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement>
> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
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