[ubuntu-studio-devel] Big thanks to Dennis Braun and Ross Gammon!

[Dennis Braun]

Hi Erich,

you are welcome! i am happy that it helps :-)

you can add me to the ubuntu studio team if you like, but my focus stays 
on debian since i use debian daily.

Best regards,
Dennis

Am 04.03.21 um 22:09 schrieb Ross Gammon:
> Hi Erich,
>
> No problems. It is easier when you are not starting from zero and there
> is already packaging to work from. :-)
>
> This way we only need to upload something in Ubuntu if Debian gets
> behind for some reason.
>
> As a note. Debian is in a soft freeze at the moment, so new upstream
> releases will probably go into experimental rather than unstable. This
> is so that they won't get in the way of a small targeted bug fix for the
> bullseye release. But you can always sync from experimental to Ubuntu if
> required.
>
> I would like to get StudioControls, Carla and one of the session
> managers into Debian too.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ross
>
> On 04/03/2021 20:21, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
>> Hi Ross and Dennis,
>>
>> I just wanted to thank you both for taking some packages I had downstream in
>> Ubuntu and upstreaming them to Debian. Dennis, you've been doing some great
>> work, and for that I'm thankful!
>>
>> I most recently saw dragonfly-reverb making its way into sid, and when the
>> build was complete I did a quick syncpackage. Of course, the very next day
>> (today), dragonfly-reverb 3.2.4 was released (looks like a fairly trivial
>> bugfix), so now the package is a wee bit out of date. :)
>>
>> Anyhow, I've also noticed numerous other packages (dpf-plugins, among others).
>> Since I got a job working on the Kubuntu Focus laptop, these packages getting
>> upstreamed reduces my maintenance workload on Ubuntu Studio.  Granted, after
>> Debian Import Freeze the workload is slightly higher, but every little bit
>> that you're doing helps.
>>
>> Dennis, I'd love to include you as part of the Ubuntu Studio team since your
>> work is directly affecting Ubuntu Studio. What do you think?
>>
>> And big thanks to Ross for being the amazing DD and sponsoring these packages.
>> You do amazing with supporting Ubuntu Studio from the Debian side, and I'm
>> glad you're on the team.
>>
>> As you both probably know, there are numerous other packages which could stand
>> to be upstreamed as well. If you see anything that is Ubuntu-only, feel free
>> to take it on.
>>
>> Again, thank you both. Also CC'd the ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list so that
>> others could see the work that you're doing. :)
>>
>>