Sorry for not replying. I wanted to see what others thought first. I also think that LTS only is the best way forward. Then having a second edition to fix issues.
It least that way the project stays alive. Chris On 21 Oct 2014 11:20, "Hannie Dumoleyn" <lafeber-dumole...@zonnet.nl> wrote: > The majority of our active members prefer to publish LTS only: > Mehmet Ergun > Thomas Corwin > Jeff Flaker > Hannie Dumoleyn > Sylvie Gallet > Patrick Dickey > Mehmet Kani (preferred All versions, but changed his mind) > Kevin Godby (Lets other team members decide. Concern: maybe we have to > recruit an entirely new team every two years) > > Active members who have not yet sent in their votes are: > Michel Memeteau > Cliff Barnes > Sneha Gopinath > Sayantan Das > > We may now conclude that our goal is to publish LTS versions only. This > means that we have to change our workflow. > We can start by deciding whether to publish Trusty 2nd edition (SE). Since > we had a lack of contributors for this version, there were several bugs > reported that need to be (or are already) fixed. If there are many > important bugs, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual, there is a > reason to publish a SE, otherwise we could decide to fix bugs so they will > not appear in the next LTS version we plan to publish. > Kevin wrote the following: > > I can make time to publish it if we want a second edition. If we are going > that route, we should decide soon, though, so we can create a new bzr branch > for it. Then Mehmet's bug fixes can live in that branch instead of the > current trusty branch. As it stands now, I'll have to back out his changes to > trusty so they don't interfere with the translations we're publishing. > Next, I will have a look at our shared spreadsheet. I will create a new one > where we can keep track of what tasks need to be done between LTS versions > and who will be doing what. > > It will become more important to keep track of "What's new" between LTS > versions. I invite all of you to post interesting reading stuff on "What's > new" to our mailing list. Some > examples:http://mhall119.com/2014/10/unity-8-desktop/http://askubuntu.com/questions/447891/how-to-install-unity-8 > > To our new members I want to point out that, after having installed TexLive > and checked if you have all packages installed (see our website for > instructions), you have to install cc-icons manually like this:The CC Icons > font isn't packaged in Ubuntu. You can download the font file from > <http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/cc-icons.ttf>. Copy that font to > your ~/.fonts/ directory, then run "fc-cache ~/.fonts". Then you can rerun > make. > > See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/+question/249726 > > If you encounter problems, please send your questions to our mailing list. > Don't be afraid of asking questions that seem trivial or stupid to you. The > more questions we get, the better we can adjust our instructions. And it > also means that our team, including newcomers, is alive ;) > «Hannie» > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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