(Suggesion) Dedicate Ubuntu the Ubuntu 25.04 release to Steve Langasek?

[Erich Eickmeyer]

For what it's worth, Amy and I already decided to dedicate Edubuntu 
25.04's release to Steve's memory. He was the primary release team 
contact when we revived the project, and he would always re-toot our 
announcements on Mastodon. It seemed like he was a supporter of the 
project, although a quiet one.

Additionally, with my Ubuntu Studio hat on, Ubuntu Studio's 25.04 
release will also be dedicated to him. When I was handed the project in 
2018 and knew we needed a packager & uploader, I took it upon myself to 
learn the ways. Steve guided me in what I needed to do to fix packages 
before they would be approved, and was very patient with me, even when I 
didn't see it. I don't think Ubuntu Studio would still be around today 
if he hadn't helped me in the early days.

On 1/31/25 00:44, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
> For my part I would be very happy to do that.
>
> In addition, Steve suggested a particular name for 26.04 LTS, which I 
> won't share now.
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 18:32, Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at ubuntu.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:30:19 -0600
>     Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>     > Hey all, had an idea that I wanted to share after talking about it
>     > with some other folks in Ubuntu.
>     >
>     > I don't know how else to say it, but Steve was awesome. I don't
>     think
>     > Ubuntu would be where it is now without him, and we're all still
>     > feeling the impact of him no longer being with us. Given how much he
>     > did for us, I'd love to see some lasting artifact commemorating him
>     > in Ubuntu.
>     >
>     > Back for the Ubuntu 21.04 release, the Release Team dedicated the
>     > release to Adam Conrad (infinity), after he made a similarly immense
>     > impact on the project and then passed away. As a fairly new Ubuntu
>     > contributor (compared to some of the long-time members around here),
>     > things like this are still helping me learn about and develop
>     respect
>     > for Ubuntu's rich history and the people who brought it to where it
>     > is. I think something similar would be appropriate for Steve, if it
>     > sounds OK to the Release Team.
>     >
>     > Me and several other people in the Ubuntu project talked about this
>     > during the Governance Sync Meeting on January 14th[1], where we had
>     > some discussion about potential ways we could celebrate Steve's
>     memory
>     > in the release. AFAIK everyone seemed to think it would be a
>     good idea
>     > to have a release dedication similar to the one we did for Adam, as
>     > long as we're not conflicting with the Release Team's wishes. So in
>     > conclusion, the question is - how would you feel about
>     dedicating the
>     > Ubuntu 24.10 release to Steve Langasek?
>     >
>     > Also, like I mentioned, there were a few other ideas for things we
>     > could do to make the release special in memory of Steve, those ideas
>     > are mentioned in the Governance Sync meeting notes linked below.
>     > Opinions on any or all of those would be quite welcome.
>     >
>     > Thanks for taking the time to read this!
>     >
>     > [1]
>     https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-governance-sync-meeting-notes-14-january-2025/53744
>     >
>     > For the Community Council,
>     >
>     > --
>     > Aaron Rainbolt
>     > Ubuntu Community Council Member
>     > https://github.com/ArrayBolt3
>     > https://launchpad.net/~arraybolt3
>     > @arraybolt3:ubuntu.com <http://ubuntu.com> on Matrix, arraybolt3
>     on irc.libera.chat
>
>     Oh, darn, I forgot to actually link to the time when the Release Team
>     dedicated the 21.04 release to Adam Conrad. Here's the link to that:
>     https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hirsute-hippo-release-notes/19221
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Erich Eickmeyer
Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio
Technical Lead - Edubuntu
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