Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix packages

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Erich,

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 07:46:30AM -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
> Hi all!

> As many of you know, Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix[1] has been around for
> around 3 years, consistently following the Ubuntu release cycle. I have
> volunteered my time to help Joshua Peisach (ItzSwirlz) to bring his
> required packages into the Ubuntu repositories which, at this point,
> really only amount to around three source packages:

> ubuntucinnamon-environment:    Mostly the GTK and icon theme

> ubuntucinnamon-artwork:        Plymouth theme, lightdm theme

> ubuntucinnamon-wallpaper:      Wallpapers

> There is also an ubuntucinnamon-meta package which Joshua has been
> creating manually, but I suspect this should be uploaded later after a
> germinate seed has been created.

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 09:26:16AM -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 07:46 -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
> > There is also an ubuntucinnamon-meta package which Joshua has been
> > creating manually, but I suspect this should be uploaded later after
> > a
> > germinate seed has been created.

> I stand corrected, he's using germinate to create the meta. It'll be
> easy to transition to a proper seed once the flavor is official.

This needs to happen *before* the flavor is recognized as official.

- There is an ubuntucinnamon-meta package, but it's not been in the archive
  until 16 hours ago.  So, never been in any Ubuntu release; and currently
  stuck in -proposed as:

  * ubuntucinnamon-meta (- to 22.07)
    Migration status for ubuntucinnamon-meta (- to 22.07): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
    Issues preventing migration:
    ubuntucinnamon-desktop/amd64 has unsatisfiable dependency
    ubuntucinnamon-desktop/ppc64el has unsatisfiable dependency
    ubuntucinnamon-desktop/s390x has unsatisfiable dependency

- The source package points to github for its seed.  This needs to be hosted
  on Launchpad, and owned by a team of which ~ubuntu-core-dev is a member.

- update.cfg in the source package also has a weird mix of impish and jammy
  - and it needs to be kinetic...


> Anyhow, I'm helping him out with my MOTU hat on to get these packages
> sponsored and uploaded so that he can *finally* apply for official seed
> status. So far, I've been impressed as his packaging has been top-notch
> with just a few lintian issues that I've been helping him clean-up.

> Overall, Ubuntu Cinnamon is of a high-quality that I'd expect of an
> official Ubuntu flavor, and I will be honored to help usher it in to
> becoming one.

> With that, expect a few non-Ubuntu Studio or Kubuntu-related uploads
> coming from me for Archive Admin review as sponsored for this project.

> If any of you have any thoughts on this, let me know, and either myself
> or Joshua will be happy to answer any questions.

Please also double-check the list on
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecognizedFlavors>.  Having centralized daily
builds is a precondition of being a recognized release flavor, and to turn
those on requires Technical Board approval (not Release Team).  This will
also need to be implemented in livecd-rootfs, so patches welcome.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                   https://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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