Hello Developers & Jono, CC: ubuntu-marketing If you've heard my position on the migration of the xubuntu-specific packages to universe, my biggest concern was the community issues revolving around the move. Since the infrastructure for building the ISOs have been updated, the only difference between having the xubututu-specific packages in main and universe is the audience who can upload to that repository and small policies/procedures changes. However, this e-mail is not to rehash the number of concerns I had brought up but to address one specifically. Unfortunately, the migration from main to universe has resulted in confusion and some misleading news posts. For example: <a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical</a> We also received our first confused user in #xubuntu shortly after the above article appeared on digg: [01:06] <bytor4232> So does this mean anything: <a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical</a> [01:07] <bytor4232> Are just the packages moving to universe, or is Xubuntu as a project going away? [01:07] <bytor4232> I do so love the Xubuntu live CD. After I explained that the change had no direct effect on the end-user and that we would continue to provide the xubuntu-desktop package and Xubuntu ISOs, he expressed his original fears/interpretations: [01:29] <bytor4232> Whew. [01:30] <bytor4232> I'm extremely happy about that. My fear, and the fear of the digger at the link above, is that Ubuntu was trying to re-absorb all the specialized distro spinoffs, like xubuntu, edubuntu, and kubuntu. [01:31] <bytor4232> I like the fact that Ubuntu has specialized projects like Xubuntu. Jono/Marketing Team: Would it be possible to do something PR wise to defuse the situation? Thanks, Cody -- Cody A.W. Somerville