On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 17:13:40 -0800 Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> As much as I am sad to see PPC go, there's little we can do in light of the > lack of upstream support. Thanks for taking care of this, Simon. > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Simon Quigley <tsimo...@lubuntu.me> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I noticed we still had PowerPC Daily Builds enabled, and after the > > Technical Board decided[1] to remove the 32-bit powerpc architecture > > in future releases, Lubuntu will no longer be able to have a PowerPC Zesty > > release past Feature Freeze. I propose we remove the Lubuntu Zesty Daily > > PowerPC Builds effective Monday, February 13, 2017, if that's alright with > > everyone. This will ensure that we have adequate time to make sure the > > removal > > is clean and leaves no outstanding issues on the 16th when the architecture > > is removed. > > > > LTS support for PowerPC systems will not go away, lasting until April of > > 2019, > > so if you have a system that uses the PowerPC architecture on Lubuntu > > 16.04 LTS, > > you can expect security updates from the Ubuntu archive until April of > > 2021, or > > support from *us* until April of 2019[2] (only a *three* year support > > period as > > opposed to five for the entire archive, if that makes sense). > > > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > > > [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel- > > announce/2016-December/001199.html > > [2] http://lubuntu.me/xenial-released/ > > > > -- > > Simon Quigley > > tsimo...@lubuntu.me > > tsimonq2 on freenode and OFTC > > 5C7A BEA2 0F86 3045 9CC8 > > C8B5 E27F 2CF8 458C 2FA4 > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins > > Post to : lubuntu-admins@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > @wxl | polka.bike > C563 CAC5 8BE1 2F22 A49D > 68F6 8B57 A48B C4F2 051A Will they also be removed from the testing tracker? -- Brendan || Lyn Perrine <walteror...@gmail.com> -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins Post to : lubuntu-admins@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
