Hi Martin, On Thu, 2024-04-18 at 14:03:50 +0100, Martin Wimpress wrote:
> Hi Alex, > >> > I want to request Ubuntu MATE 24.04 qualification as an LTS release, >> > supported >> > for 3 years. Key contacts include myself (flexiondotorg), Alan Pope >> > (popey), and >> > Bill (franksmcb). >> > >> > We have a small team of active members on the team and are currently moving >> > team collaboration to an Ubuntu MATE space on the ubuntu.com Matrix. >> > >> > Support is limited to security and significant bug fixes for the MATE >> > package >> > set; applications from which are seeded by several of the other flavours. >> > >> > We also help maintain packaging for several other applications, including >> > Arctica Greeter, Ayatana Indicators, Blueman and Yaru. >> > >> >> Thanks for providing the details above, I'm assuming then that you are >> committing to supporting the packages listed in >> https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/packagesets/noble/ubuntu-mate for >> 3 years? > > That is correct. > >> From https://ubuntu-mate.org/support/ it would appear that the main >> support mechanism is the ubuntu-mate.community discourse and associated >> LP bug reports against these packages. > > LP issues are the main mechanism for reporting issues bugs, packaging > issues and security issues. Ok, I wonder if perhaps it would be worth documenting this a bit more clearly since from https://ubuntu-mate.org/support/ it seems more like the discourse is the primary means for reporting issue - I realise there are some notes right at the bottom of that page about reporting bugs but perhaps this could be a bit more prominent via a section under "Community Support" that explicitly mentions reporting bugs? > > However, I've been talking to the Ubuntu Community team about more > closely aligning the Ubuntu MATE community spaces with the Ubuntu > community spaces. The move to Matrix was the first step, and adding > Ubuntu MATE category to the Ubuntu Discourse and using AskUbuntu for > Ubuntu MATE support is underway with assistance from the community > team. > Nice! >> One question I have to ask is that from what I see over in the Ubuntu >> MATE discourse is that various folks seem to think you are focusing on >> NixOS now and have abandoned Ubuntu MATE >> (https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/plans-for-24-04-lts/27110/14, >> https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/plans-for-24-04-lts/27110/22) - although >> I can see you have been active in the ubuntu-mate github >> organisation. Can you clarify what your personal plans are going forward >> for Ubuntu MATE and specifically what that looks like for the proposed 3 >> year timeframe for a possible 24.04 LTS? > > Working with Nix and NixOS is a big part of my day job. I will maintain > Ubuntu MATE for the 24.04 LTS life cycle and the support window for > future interim releases. That said, I am keen on bringing some new > maintainers into Ubuntu MATE and mentoring them to bring some fresh > ideas to future releases of Ubuntu MATE. I'll be posting a CTA for this > after the 24.04 release. Thanks for the reassurance. From the TB point of view, I am satisfied that Ubuntu MATE meets the requirements for a 3 year LTS for 24.04. +1 from me. > > -- > Regards, Martin. Cheers, Alex -- technical-board mailing list technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
