+1 from my side. On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 at 01:51, Alex Murray <alex.mur...@canonical.com> wrote: > > 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
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