[ubuntu-studio-devel] [Ubuntu Studio] Cry For Help

[Josh Freeman]

Hi Erich,

    Here's the instructions for filing a Freeze Exception:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess

    Note that before Release Candidate (April 11), bugfix-only updates  
might not need a Freeze Exception:

> FeatureFreeze for bugfix-only updates
> Up through RC, if a developer believes an upload of a new upstream  
> release that just has bug fixes in it is warranted, they may upload  
> it. The developer should explicitly document that this is a bugfix- 
> only upload in the changelog or sync request.
>
> If you have doubts about if something qualifies, check with a member  
> of ubuntu-release (or subscribe ubuntu-release to the bug) and if  
> one person from ubuntu-release agrees it's a bug fix update, you're  
> good for upload.
>

Cheers,

Josh



On Mar 2, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:

> [Sent to: Ubuntu Studio Development, Ubuntu MOTUs, Ubuntu Release  
> Team]
>
> Hello all,
>
> Over the course of the past few months, myself, Len Ovens, and Ross  
> Gammon have been working hard on updating the Ubuntu Studio tools.  
> In particluar, we have done a number of things to the tools:
>
> * Updated Ubuntu Studio Controls (ubuntustudio-controls) with a  
> number of bug fixes
> * Renamed Ubuntu Studio Meta Installer to Ubuntu Studio Installer  
> (ubuntustudio-installer) and gave it a secondary purpose of  
> installing Ubuntu Studio's stack on top of a flavor other than  
> Ubuntu Studio (think of Ubuntu Studio as a ToolKit)
> * Updated Ubuntu Studio's default theme and icon theme (part of  
> ubuntustudio-look and ubuntustudio-default-settings in addition to  
> ubuntustudio-icon-theme)
> * Updated Ubuntu Studio's plymouth boot theme (part of ubuntustudio- 
> look)
> * Added a GRUB theme (grub2-themes-ubuntustudio)
> * Fixed bugs and missing apps in our menu (ubuntustudio-menu)
> * Worked upstream with the developer of Carla to get Carla in  
> Ubuntu's repos.
>
> Unfortunately, none of that made it in before feature freeze,  
> despite my mailing our development list that it needed to happen,  
> and tagging certain packages with [needs packaging]. Perhaps I'm  
> just doing it wrong.
>
> Basically, it comes down to this: Nobody on the Ubuntu Studio Team  
> has upload privileges in any way. As such, these tools are sitting  
> waiting to be uploaded.
>
> So now, unless I'm wrong, each one of the packages now needs a  
> Feature Freeze Exception to be uploaded into the repo. This is  
> disappointing because, as of right now, Ubuntu Studio 19.04 is  
> looking identical to Ubuntu Studio 18.10.
>
> My intention was to apply to become a MOTU after the release of  
> 19.04 in order to prevent situations like this from happening again.  
> Unfortunately, it looks like that will be too late unless we can get  
> someone to get in and review these packages:
>
> * https://launchpad.net/grub2-themes-ubuntustudio
> * https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-controls
> * https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-installer
> * https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-icon-theme
> * https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-look
> * https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-menu
> * https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-default-settings
> * https://launchpad.net/carla
>
> So, please take this as our cry for help to get these packages  
> updated and included. I don't know how to do this, and I've never  
> been shown the process. So, maybe my MOTU training sarts here.
>
> Thank you for your time, and in advance for your help.
>
> ----
> Erich Eickmeyer
> Council Chair
> Ubuntu Studio
>
> ubuntustudio.org
>
>
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