Ubuntu 14.04.2 release date (obviously) delayed

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Fri Feb 6 15:59:38 UTC 2015


On Friday, February 06, 2015 01:53:39 Adam Conrad wrote:
> Thursday has come and, in almost all time zones gone, and I apologize
> for us not communicating this well except on IRC.  It was fairly
> obvious to most, I think, that the HWE bits for 14.04.2 landed a bit
> late to realistically expect anyone to validate them (and, indeed, I
> still need to clean up some installation oopses on some flavours), so
> after discussion with many stakeholders and some flavour leads, we've
> opted to delay the release until Feb 19, giving us two weeks of room
> to clean up whatever remaining messes we have, get in one or two last
> fixes, and give people enough time to validate and be confident in
> what they're shipping.
> 
> Again, very sorry for the poor communication leading up to this, but
> I think this is going to lead to better images and a better product
> shipped for everyone involved.
> 
> ... Adam

There's a large stack of verified SRUs for trusty that were waiting for the 
release.  We probably ought to let those loose on Monday.  Any objections?

Scott K



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