Hello all, Walter, what is the status on this topic?
Best Regards / Obrigado e com os melhores cumprimentos, Gustavo Silva *Phonebloks <https://phonebloks.com/en>, Partnership Manager* *Lubuntu W&D <https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-wiki-docs>, Team Leader* 2015-05-28 21:04 GMT+01:00 Gustavo Silva <[email protected]>: > Hello all, > > I deeply understand your point and I agree with you. Even if this is open > source, it would be nice to have a request or somebody asking for > permission. In the end, they assume us for support since their own > distribution is based in Lubuntu. > > Other than that, even if we don't ask to remove those links, I'd suggest > to meet them and talk about it. There's the possibility to have a win-win > situation, as long as they're willing to work with us - and not us only to > them. > > > Best Regards / Obrigado e com os melhores cumprimentos, > Gustavo Silva > > > *Phonebloks <https://phonebloks.com/en>, Partnership Manager* > *Lubuntu Wiki & Documentation > <https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-wiki-docs>, Team Leader* > > 2015-05-28 20:01 GMT+01:00 Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]>: > >> As I'm sure you guys know that [LXLE][1] is a distribution based on >> Lubuntu LTS. I admit that I am biased in that it really seems to me that >> it's just be Lubuntu with some extra graphics stuff but it has been >> suggested to me by people familiar with the project that this is not the >> case. In any case, I don't really mind them existing. People obviously see >> some value in the distro, and that's the point behind open source anyways. >> >> What irks me is that they list us in their [support options][2] >> (admittedly an "external" resource) and on an unlinked [support page][3] >> (probably deprecated, but still…) and on their [Ubuntu wiki page][4]. So >> not only are they committing our resources to help support their users, but >> they are even going so far as to implicate Canonical will provide paid >> support on the unlinked page! They would be like us saying that Debian (our >> direct upstream) will provide support for us or that Intel will support the >> kernel (they are the [top contributor][5]). This is, at best, audacious. >> >> I love helping people with Linux. I am not a stranger to other distros. I >> also feel like I know enough to help people with their problems, but just >> as it's difficult to support people that install Ubuntu and then LXDE but >> remove LightDM in lieu of LXDM and get rid of DBus ([seriously][6]), it's >> even harder to support people that have Lubuntu plus some other stuff that >> we don't necessarily have control with or experience with. My time is >> limited and I know that I cannot hope to support such a situation. >> >> In fact, I would like to suggest that we ask LXLE to remove any >> suggestions of Lubuntu providing support for them. Are there any concerns >> on this or thoughts on the matter? >> >> [1]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lxle >> [2]: http://www.lxle.net/support-options/ >> [3]: http://lxle.net/support/ >> [4]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/lxle >> [5]: >> http://www.neowin.net/news/intel-overtakes-red-hat-to-become-top-linux-kernel-contributor >> [6]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxsession/+bug/1446723 >> >> -- >> @wxl | http://polka.bike >> Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA >> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact >> Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader >> Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member >> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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