I think the council needs to vote for there to be a formal project position, but I posted it for everyone to discuss. Thanks.
Scott K On Friday, March 15, 2013 09:02:11 PM Ho Wan Chan wrote: > Not a Kubuntu Council member (just a Kubuntu member) but I am +1 on this. > > Regards, > Howard Chan (smartboyhw) > > > 2013/3/15 Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> > > > As a topic for today's call, I'd like to propose the following. > > > > The latest Ubuntu (the project) level proposal that is on the table is: > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2013-March/001527.html > > > > I think we can generally live with this, however (as others have already > > commented on th TB list) I think the 7 month support period is too short. > > > > I would propose the Kubuntu (the project) position on this be something > > along > > > > the lines of the following: > > - The overall structure of retaining a regular cadence of normal and LTS > > > > releases every 6 months is essential to Kubuntu as delivering a release > > with > > the latest KDE release is a critical part of what makes Kubuntu what it > > is. > > This revised proposal supports our desired cadence. > > > > - We expect that most of our user base will run the current release. We > > > > expect that users of our LTS release want things to not change. We do not > > support required upgrades to platform components (this is different than > > the > > hardware enablement updates that are done in separate packages and only > > affect > > new installs - those we support - it should continue to be possible to > > install > > the LTS on newer hardware). > > > > - We believe that a one month overlap of support periods (the proposed 7 > > > > month window) is insufficient. We would prefer a 9 month period so that > > users > > that want to wait until the final micro version of a KDE release is > > complete > > and integrated into the archive can upgrade at this point (as an example, > > KDE > > 4.10.5 is scheduled to release on July 2, 2013 so it would be nice to have > > 12.10 [if it had been released under the new paradigm] supported until the > > end > > of July). 8 months would still be significantly better than 7 if 9 is not > > supportable. > > > > - We support the idea of improving the quality and consistency of the > > > > development series, however, we are concerned that this can be taken too > > far. > > Our current practice is to wait until at least beta releases of the > > software > > we package to put them in the archive. We anticipate continuing this as > > waiting until later reduces the test exposure they get and compresses the > > packaging working into a small period before feature freeze. > > > > In general, the current proposal seems to meet the needs of Kubuntu, but > > we > > would like to discuss addressing these concerns. I think the Kubuntu > > Council > > should vote on a project position on this. > > > > Scott K > > > > -- > > kubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
