I agree with Philip. For our current manpower we should not overstretch ourselves.
3 years sounds very good. Also, as a + the other flavors are doing the same. I guess Ubuntu is going for 5 years, right? If yes, than, at least for the core, Ubuntu part, we will have a 5 years support. Anyway, at the rate Plasma and KDE Apps are evolving, staying with a version for too log is not feasible. În ziua de Tuesday 19 April 2016, la 11:22:52, Philip Muskovac a scris: > That is a valid point, but I fear 5 years would simply not work out this > time. Most of the other Ubuntu flavors also go with 3 years of support > guarantee. > If we have more people in 2 years we can go with 5 years for 18.04. But > then "more" also has to mean "dedicated", as we are talking about being > bound to the project for another 5 years, no matter what happens. > The current team does a great job, that's why we're willing to promise 3 > years of support for 16.04 while still supporting 14.04 and the usual > short term release, but unless the team size increases, supporting > multiple LTS releases at the same time will not work out in the long run. > > Philip > > Am 19.04.2016 um 00:34 schrieb Andree Evers: > > I think 5 years good and should remain so. > > If the successor LTS version makes problems you have so the > > possibility to use the old version until the new LTS version comes. > > So that it is possible optionally to skipa version. > > 3 years is too short so that it would not go. > > A LTS version should not go below 4 years Support. > > > > Am 18.04.2016 um 20:37 schrieb Clay Weber: > >> Agreed. > >> > >> On Monday, April 18, 2016 2:22:52 PM EDT Scott Kitterman wrote: > >>> FWIW, I think that's prudent. > >>> > >>> Scott K > >>> > >>> On Monday, April 18, 2016 02:32:52 PM privat wrote: > >>>> Anyone against me answering "Short" for Kubuntu 16.04? > >>>> > >>>> I don't think anyone would want to run the current LTS for more than 2 > >>>> years (still lots of WIP stuff, even if usable), and I doubt anyone of > >>>> us will care about 16.04 much in ~2020. > >>>> > >>>> for reference: 14.04 is "Normal" > >>>> > >>>> Philip > >>>> > >>>> Am 18.04.2016 um 13:27 schrieb Stéphane Graber: > >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> > >>>>> The request for MATE to be a 3 years LTS reminded us that we need to > >>>>> know what flavors will be LTS and how long they intend to support it. > >>>>> > >>>>> The usual supports lengths are: > >>>>> - Not LTS (9 months) > >>>>> - Short LTS (3 years) > >>>>> - Normal LTS (5 years) > >>>>> > >>>>> Please all flavor leads reply to this e-mail, picking one of those 3 > >>>>> options. Someone on the TB will then review and confirm the request. > >>>>> > >>>>> This needs to happen very soon as we will need to update Launchpad to > >>>>> set the right support length on the various packages, which means > >>>>> that > >>>>> you can't produce final images until this is sorted. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks!
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