Dearest Lubuntu contributors and users,During every release cycle, we hit a milestone titled Feature Freeze, where developers in the Ubuntu and Lubuntu projects are no longer permitted to upload new versions of software without an exception, in order to dedicate the remainder of the cycle to improving stability.
The Feature Freeze date for Lubuntu is Thursday, August 25th, 2022. I will be around to process any final uploads from 3 PM to 6 PM US Central Time on that date, after which I will declare Lubuntu to be in Feature Freeze. If you're aware of any new features that would be beneficial to include for users, please ping me in our development channel on Matrix(/IRC/Telegram)[1] and I will address those requests first come, first serve.
On my personal wishlist is the LXQt menu overhaul, yet another update to Calamares, and further evaluation of the upstream LXQt code to ensure there isn't a bugfix or feature we can cherry-pick. Unfortunately, after speaking with LXQt upstream, they do not plan on releasing 1.2 until shortly after the release of Lubuntu 22.10, and backports for non-LTS releases are still up in the air. This weekend I will prepare a QA-related document outlining every single commit we have cherry-picked, why, and what users should expect to be different when reporting bugs to upstream. My goal is to have this done in a thorough enough manner that upstream LXQt will have little complaints. I have blocked off 1 PM to 6 PM on Saturday, tentatively, to do that.
You may be asking, how can I help? By testing[1], of course :) with features no longer free-flowing into 22.10, this is the time to test every "nook and cranny" of the operating system. What doesn't work for you? Is there anything we can do better without vastly expanding the scope of our mission?
If you have any questions, please do let me know. I will note publicly at this point that the Lubuntu Council has granted me some of my former permissions before my hiatus, including Release Manager capacity. I'm glad to be back, and I hope to serve the Lubuntu project well once again.
Thanks! [1] https://lubuntu.me/links -- Simon Quigley si...@tsimonq2.net tsimonq2 on LiberaChat and OFTC @tsimonq2:linuxdelta.com on Matrix 5C7A BEA2 0F86 3045 9CC8 C8B5 E27F 2CF8 458C 2FA4
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