Re: Any comment on the Ubuntu UEFI ruckus?

2012-06-19 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 20/06/12 05:44, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols wrote: > Matthew Garrett started it: > > http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/13713.html > > and it's been "reported" on elsewhere but I wonder what you had to say > about it. We've been working to provide an alternative to the Microsoft key, so that the entire

Going mobile in 2013

2013-01-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi folks You are at the heart of the most important bastion of free software today - giving the world a genuinely free platform for innovation and everyday computing. We can all be very proud of what we have built together. Today begins a new phase for Ubuntu, and it's a phase that requires our l

Re: Ubuntu 13.10 should be upgraded to LTS status

2013-12-18 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
13.10 makes an excellent test harness for folks evaluating Ubuntu as an alternative to XP; the availability of 14.04 in April means that fresh LTS installs can take place upon the effective expiration of XP maintenance. My recommendation to business users considering the move from XP to Ubuntu wou

Re: Installation Media and supportability of i386 in 18.04 LTS Re: Ubuntu Desktop on i386

2016-06-29 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Folks, I think we need to understand whether i386 won't be widely used for very small IoT devices and hence be important for developers targeting those. I accept i386 i no longer relevant for PC's and laptops, but I would not be surprised if 32-bit x86 is used in small 'embedded' environments. Ple

Re: Installation Media and supportability of i386 in 18.04 LTS Re: Ubuntu Desktop on i386

2016-06-30 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
OK, I'm reassured that we're thinking about this appropriately, thanks Dimitri & friends. Mark -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

Re: Installation Media and supportability of i386 in 18.04 LTS Re: Ubuntu Desktop on i386

2016-07-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 12/07/16 08:52, Colin Watson wrote: > I would strongly prefer to keep the port building as normal, but > deemphasise it in whatever ways are useful to discourage people from > using it, and perhaps not worry too much about failures further up the > stack. +1 -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubunt

Re: netplan and post-up/pre-down scripts

2017-01-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 06/01/17 13:12, Mike Pontillo wrote: >Long story short: in order to get the behavior I wanted, I wrote a > custom script that monitors *operational status* (aka physical link > up/down status), and I launch it using /e/n/i's `post-up`, and bring > it down using /e/n/i's `pre-down` scripts. >

Re: Make systemd journal persistent | remove rsyslog (by default)

2017-02-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 11/01/17 05:05, Oliver Grawert wrote: > hi, > Am Mittwoch, den 11.01.2017, 08:29 +0100 schrieb Martin Pitt: >> Jamie Strandboge [2017-01-10 16:27 -0600]: >>> Remote logging. Rsyslog is far superior in this regard. Granted, >>> remote logging >>> is not enabled by default but it is a requirement

Re: NEW reviews needed for Kubuntu [was: Kubuntu required package-set updates for Zesty (17.04)]

2017-02-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi folks - thanks for the nudge, let's climb in to help Kubuntu clear these items through NEW. Also, I believe there has been good progress on KDE snapping, which bypasses the archive integration thanks to isolation. Not sure if we are ready to make that as a standard recommendation (would look t

Re: Which openssl for zesty?

2017-02-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Seems to me that 17.04 is a good release for a sweeping change that might shake out lots of minor issues. We'd much rather take that hit in a non-LTS release, and this will let us focus much more on quality as we head towards 18.04. Mark On 09/02/17 13:17, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On Thu, Feb 9, 20

Re: Bootloader manager from Clear Linux

2017-04-27 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
The Clear Linux guys are doing fantastic work on performance, so it's a reasonable ask. Is this something you think is interesting only for guest images or on the metal too? Mark On 20/04/17 02:24, Marcos Alano wrote: > Hi, > > Any one studied the clr-boot-manager from Intel's Clear Linux to a

Re: Developer Membership Board Election Results - two new members

2017-09-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Congratulations both, and thank you! Mark On 09/12/2017 08:44 AM, Lukasz Zemczak wrote: Hello everyone! The vote for the two vacant seats in the Developer Membership Board is now over. Please congratulate our new members: the re-elected Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre and Jeremy Bicha! They will be n

Re: New Ubuntu SRU Developer - Dan Streetman

2017-11-10 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 10/23/2017 11:42 PM, Lukasz Zemczak wrote: After a successful vote on today's DMB meeting, we are pleased to announce a new member of the SRU Developers team - Dan Streetman. Congratulations! Congrats Dan! Mark -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or u

Re: Drop "Ubuntu Desktop USB" task?

2017-12-05 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
+1 Mark On 11/30/2017 06:56 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > There is an "Ubuntu Desktop USB" task and seed that the Ubuntu Desktop > team hasn't maintained in years and would like to drop. I think this > is a legacy from when Ubuntu's ISO's were limited to CD size. "Ubuntu > Desktop USB" is a confusin

Re: Recommending people Snap things in response to valid packaging problems (WAS: Re: need help resolving python-setuptools backport fail)

2017-12-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 12/06/2017 05:43 PM, Simon Quigley wrote: > I guess maybe I'm not a fan of the fact that now apparently the standard > solution to "I'm having this interesting packaging problem, any ideas?" > is now "have you tried packaging the thing in this completely different > packaging format that oversim

Re: need help resolving python-setuptools backport fail

2017-12-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 12/06/2017 05:32 AM, Oliver Grawert wrote: > hi, > Am Dienstag, den 05.12.2017, 10:29 -0800 schrieb Walter Lapchynski: >> On Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:27:14 +0100 Oliver Grawert >> said: >>> did you consider a snap ? >> No, I did not. What guarantee would there be that a user with Trusty >> would be

Re: RFC: Ubuntu Seeded Snaps

2018-02-15 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 02/09/2018 11:48 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > For better or worse, the snap store doesn't have teams. Should this be > rephrased in terms of collaboration or something? Well, I'd rather we set the expectation that the snap store learn to use LP teams. Mark -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-d

Ubiquity NG - was Re: ubiquity migrated to git

2018-05-08 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Thanks Dimitri for this! I'd like to start a thread on Ubiquity NG, and this seems like the best place and time to start :) First, a trip down memory lane. MDZ and I were shooting the moon on a Saturday afternoon in my apartment in London when the idea for Ubiquity formed. A live CD that would l

Re: Ubiquity NG - was Re: ubiquity migrated to git

2018-05-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 05/09/2018 08:33 AM, Didier Roche wrote: > Some of us on the desktop team are volunteering for that task. > > I personnally remember when I received those 2 separate live and > install CD from Ubuntu 4.10. I was already praising the number of > simplifications that Ubuntu added in the Debian ins

Re: Who pulled the plug on the server installer?

2018-06-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 06/04/2018 07:22 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: > Perhaps we shouldn't be promoting this new live installer on the web > site until it is ready. The new one is far simpler for the cases it supports; it also can get refreshed more easily out of cycle (i.e. we can deliver bug fixes to the installer wi

Re: [ubuntu/cosmic-proposed] brotli 1.0.4-1 (Accepted)

2018-06-11 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Given how much I admire both of the folks on this thread, I'm going to suggest an excellent and well-earned weekend for both of you to recharge batteries. Jeremy, I've seen doko in action on go-karts, there's no gap between the green light and the accelerator pedal on the course :) Mark -- ub

Re: FYI: switch of default Launchpad VCS to git

2018-10-05 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 10/05/2018 06:21 AM, Robie Basak wrote: > Now that we have experimental "git-ubuntu" git repositories available > for most packages in main, we (the server/git-ubuntu team) will be > switching the default VCS for the Launchpad "ubuntu" distribution over > to git. Wow! This is a milestone worth

Re: New Ubuntu Core Developer - Tiago Stürmer Daitx

2018-12-21 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 11/21/18 5:36 AM, Olivier Tilloy wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 5:43 AM Simon Quigley wrote: >> Yesterday (Monday) Tiago was approved as an Ubuntu Core Developer by the >> Ubuntu Developer Membership Board. He now has upload rights to the >> entire Ubuntu archive. > Congratulations Tiago! >

Re: New PPU uploader - Ross Gammon

2019-03-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 3/12/19 11:20 AM, Lukasz Zemczak wrote: > Please congratulate Ross on his successful PPU uploader application! Congrats Ross! Mark -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

[URGENT] Key Server license

2020-01-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
True. Please send bitcoins to this address if you can. Mark -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

Re: Call for nominations: Developer Membership Board

2020-02-07 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
I think public nominations might be more nerve-wracking for good candidates than inspiring. My sense is that we would benefit from more pro-active identification of people who 'do things the right way', and reach out to them directly. Often, good people don't think of themselves as leaders, they

Re: ICU version in Ubuntu 20.04

2020-02-25 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi Shane, I didn't see a reply on-list, perhaps there is a thread in the background. Thank you for reaching out, and in case you haven't had a response, Dean will know the right person to consider the matter. It's late but not *that* late, the question will really be backwards compatibility and tes

Re: PHP 7.4 in Focal

2020-03-27 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 26/03/2020 18:47, Bryce Harrington wrote: > The in-archive transition from PHP 7.3 to PHP 7.4 is complete. I expect > PHP 7.3 will be removed from Focal soon. > > PHP 7.4 is a new feature update, bringing typed properties, arrow > functions, weak references, and unpacking inside arrays among ot

Re: Communication Improvements/frustrations

2020-08-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
It has been an intense time for multiple groups, thank you both for being willing to pull this frayed thread back into the tapestry. The many flavours of Ubuntu are an important part of our story, and occasionally it helps to remind ourselves of that. Free software is great because it enables pe

Re: Ubuntu on the M1 chip

2020-12-19 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 18/12/2020 20:16, Matthias Klose wrote: > Installed Ubuntu 20.10 server (couldn't find an arm64 desktop iso, are we only > shipping Pi images?). Something tells me that will have to change :) Mark -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Revisiting default initramfs compression

2021-12-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 08/12/2021 23:02, Julian Andres Klode wrote: I'd kind of like us to ship "default" initramfs in like linux-initrd-$uname-r and linux-initrd-generic and so on. Maybe even signed somehow so that the kernel can verify its integrity when booting. Such that booting with authenticated FDE is fully

Re: Change unattended-upgrades from Depends to Recommends on ubuntu-server-minimal

2022-01-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
LXD images called "Ubuntu Server" should behave as similarly as possible to bare metal images called "Ubuntu Server". Unless there is a documented technical reason for the delta, I suspect the difference is a consequence of org boundaries and should be revisited. There is definitely a need f

Re: isc-dhcp: should we start phasing it out?

2022-05-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 16/05/2022 18:34, Andreas Hasenack wrote: Could we perhaps start with phasing out the client, get its rdeps to use alternatives, and then stop building it, and eventually get to the server? This could be a lot of work, as I said, isc-dhcp is a classic, but if upstream is shifting its focus els

Re: Replacing the telegram-desktop deb by a snap installer in stable series?

2023-02-24 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 24/02/2023 12:18, Robie Basak wrote: I don't know. Sorry I don't have time to go into this right now. But the current situation seems worse, given that an automatic transition to an "external" snap, without prompting, goes against the principle that the TB already has consensus on. But, consi