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

[Utkarsh Gupta]

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for starting this discussion - this was on my list of things
to do as well.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 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.

The Release team will be very happy to do that - I spoke to them
yesterday and everyone is in favour. Steve was instrumental in all the
release milestones and we'd love to prepare a dedication in the Plucky
Puffin release notes now that we also have Mark's +1.


On behalf of Ubuntu Release team,
Utkarsh