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    I should also add that the upgrade testing from 12.04.3 to
    14.04.latest-at-that-time was rather pristine.  I tried both an ISO
    image upgrade and one via `update-manager -c -d`.  Very predictable
    and stable results.  So, a bit of documentation word-smithing in the
    release notes for 14.04 may be sufficient.  I'd also like to see
    other Xubuntu QA and developer folks also try out these two upgrade
    methods on Precise to Trusty before April and report their testing
    results in the usual place for upgrade testing:<br>
    <br>
        64-bit: <a
href="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/57247/testcases">http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/57247/testcases</a><br>
        32-bit: <a
href="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/57248/testcases">http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/57248/testcases</a><br>
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    Anyone have a different perspective?<br>
    <br>
    Richard<br>
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    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/07/2014 02:25 PM, Richard Elkins
      wrote:<br>
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      12.04.4 ISO installation testing looks good from a test case
      perspective (my experience).  As stated below by Pasi, it would be
      possible to handle 12.04.4 to "12.04.5" via package updates and
      leave it alone for the most part.<br>
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      So, I'd rather see effort put in the customer migration of 12.04.x
      to 14.04 (combination of documentation, automation, and manual
      process).  Moving from current LTS to new LTS has a higher payoff
      for all concerned.<br>
      <br>
      Richard<br>
      <br>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/07/2014 02:09 PM, Pasi
        Lallinaho wrote:<br>
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        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">If there is enough interest and
          motivation from the community (including people who can
          actually help with the SRU), it can be discussed. As Jackson,
          I don't personally think it as a realistic thing to do at the
          moment either.<br>
          <br>
          Pasi<br>
          <br>
          On 07/02/14 22:03, Jackson Doak wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="ltr">4.12 will be difficult to get to 14.04, let
            alone backporting it all the way to precise</div>
          <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:01 AM,
              Roberto J Dohnert <span dir="ltr"><<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:robertdohnert@gmail.com" target="_blank">robertdohnert@gmail.com</a>></span>
              wrote:<br>
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                <div> Aside from the trusty enablment stack, the only
                  other compelling piece would be XFCE 4.12, which I
                  cant seem to get a precise, no pun intended, release
                  date.  Releasing the trusty kernel through updates
                  would be optimal.  Of course, we, the Black Lab Linux
                  team, are supporting 12.04 for two years past the
                  scheduled Ubuntu support date until 2019.  So, we may
                  do a 14.10 stack as our last major release, we may
                  work on that for Xubuntu as well.  But that will be
                  determined on where 14.04 LTS is at that time.<br>
                  <br>
                  Roberto J. Dohnert<br>
                  Lead Developer<br>
                  Black Lab Linux<br>
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://www.blacklablinux.org" target="_blank">http://www.blacklablinux.org</a><br>
                  <br>
                  <div>On 02/07/2014 02:30 PM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:<br>
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                    <div>If we don't need to update the ISO really, we
                      can just release 12.04.5 as is, with the updates
                      that have landed to Ubuntu core after .4. On the
                      other hand, if there is something we want in, it's
                      another possibility to get stuff in an ISO, not
                      just updates.<br>
                      <br>
                      I would note that there is only 1 year left of
                      Xubuntu support for 12.04, so not sure if it makes
                      any difference to land big SRU's now, since people
                      need to upgrade to 14.04 somewhat shortly anyway.<br>
                      <br>
                      Cheers,<br>
                      Pasi<br>
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                      On 07/02/14 20:12, Stephen Michael Kellat wrote:<br>
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                      <div>FYI</div>
                      <div><br>
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                      <div>How does this align with our planning?</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Stephen Michael Kellat </div>
                      <div>In the basement cafeteria on lunch<br>
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                        Begin forwarded message:<br>
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                        <div><b>From:</b> Leann Ogasawara <<a
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                            href="mailto:leann.ogasawara@canonical.com"
                            target="_blank">leann.ogasawara@canonical.com</a>><br>
                          <b>Date:</b> February 7, 2014, 11:00:12 AM EST<br>
                          <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:ubuntu-release@lists.ubuntu.com"
                            target="_blank">ubuntu-release@lists.ubuntu.com</a>,
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com"
                            target="_blank">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>
                          <b>Subject:</b> <b>[RFC] 12.04.5</b><br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">Hi All,
                            <div><br>
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                            <div>With 12.04.4 having just released, I
                              wanted to propose the idea of having a
                              12.04.5 point release for Precise.</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>As many are aware, recent 12.04.x point
                              releases have shipped with a newer kernel
                              and X stack by default for hardware
                              enablement purposes.  Maintainers of these
                              enablement stacks have agreed to support
                              these until a Trusty based enablement
                              stack is supported in Precise.  Once a
                              Trusty enablement stack is supported, all
                              previous enablement stacks would EOL and
                              be asked to migrate to the final Trusty
                              based enablement stack which would
                              continue to be supported for the remaining
                              life of Precise.</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Currently, 12.04.4 is our final point
                              release for Precise.  12.04.4 shipped with
                              a Saucy enablement stack by default.  This
                              Saucy enablement stack in Precise will
                              eventually EOL in favor of the Trusty
                              enablement stack.  Once that happens, our
                              final point release for Precise will be
                              delivering an EOL'd enablement stack.
                               This seems unfortunate and inappropriate.
                               I would like to propose having a 5th
                              point release for Precise which would
                              deliver the Trusty enablement stack for
                              Precise.</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Providing a 12.04.5 point release will
                              add no additional maintenance burden upon
                              teams supporting enablement stacks in
                              Precise.  It would require some extra
                              effort on part of the Canonical
                              Foundations Team as well as the Ubuntu
                              Release Team to spin up an additional set
                              of images and testing coordination etc.
                               However, I informally discussed this with
                              a few members of each of those teams and
                              the tentative agreement was that 12.04.5
                              was a reasonable request which could be
                              accommodated.  Collectively we could find
                              no compelling reason to not provide
                              12.04.5.  We also discussed that a 12.04.5
                              release should be optional for the Flavors
                              to participate in.  Additionally, we would
                              want to purposely avoid clashing the
                              14.04.1 and 12.04.5 release dates and
                              would suggest releasing 14.04.1 first and
                              12.04.5 after (exact date TBD).</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>What are other's thoughts here?  Does
                              anyone have a compelling reason for not
                              providing a 12.04.5 point release?</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Thanks,</div>
                            <div>Leann</div>
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