Lubuntu LTS Requalification: 24.04 Noble Numbat

[Thomas Ward]

I was just about to reply with a decision from Team Lead and Council as follows, which sort of affirms what Aaron said (though this DID need to come from leadership, not Aaron):

Primary contact: Simon (tsimonq2)
Secondary Contact: Dan (kc2bez)
Third-tier contact (if Simon and Dan don't reply): Aaron (arraybolt3)

For an all else fails contact, you can contact me - Thomas (teward) - as Lubuntu Team Lead, I have executive authority to act if others are unreachable or in cases where it requires executive overrule (see Simon's reference to me dictating the "rest period" for Lubuntu started on Dec 20 instead of Simon's suggestion of Dec 25th through New Year).

I'm also always open to pass on escalations if the others are unreachable, Simon and Aaron both know I'm no stranger to dropping bags of work on them when it's necessary.

(Note that my Lubuntu duties are independent of my other roles and hats)


Thomas

(Sorry for not replying in line, Outlook is the only mail client I have right now and it's a pain for replying because it does top-replies).

-----Original Message-----
From: Ubuntu-release <ubuntu-release-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> On Behalf Of Steve Langasek
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 12:14 AM
To: Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>; ubuntu-release at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Lubuntu LTS Requalification: 24.04 Noble Numbat

On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 10:34:04PM -0600, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
> > One of the points on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecognizedFlavors for 
> > LTS approval is

> >    Flavor's support plan presented to Tech Board and approved; support plan
> >    should indicate period of time if beyond 9 months (3 yrs or 5 yr), key
> >    contacts, and setting expectations as to level of support.

> > Who are you identifying as the "contacts" for escalation of any 
> > issues regarding Lubuntu 24.04 LTS, from the technical board or the release team?

> Perhaps this got missed, but in the Lubuntu Constitution (our personal 
> "how things work in our project" policy), this is very well-defined.

Well yes, that was not part of the information submitted to the Technical Board as part of the qualification request.  It's healthy for a flavor to have such structures in place and also speaks well of the maturity and health of the Lubuntu flavor community; but please don't assume that members of the broader Ubuntu community are conversant with such flavor-specific governance details.

> The contacts are Simon, Dan and myself (Aaron), and Thomas, in that order. 

> Simon therefore is the primary contact as he is the Lubuntu Release 
> Manager, me and Dan are secondary contacts, and Thomas is the "if all else fails"
> fallback by virtue of him being Team Lead.

Thanks.  With that clarification, I am +1 for the 3-year Lubuntu 24.04 LTS.

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