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