sounds interesting. is QT still compatible with PPC, ARM, old hardware?
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > First and following Phill, I want to thank you all for this 13.04 > release. Releases after releases, it seems to go smoother than the > last one :-) > > However, it's time to think about the future. During the last cycle, > there were a lot of news from Canonical about the future of Ubuntu. > Lubuntu is part of the family, so every big changes in Ubuntu affect > Lubuntu. However, and I want to make it clear for anyone : Lubuntu is > a community project, with its own release schedules, its own choices … > > That's said, let's go with some ideas :-) What I'm going to say, it's > a very long proposal, open for discussions. But discussions mean > arguments if you have another opinion ;-) > > Next steps are 13.10, and 14.04 which should be a LTS version for > Ubuntu. Last LTS (12.04), I considered that we were not ready for such > commitment. I was also unsure of the work needed to make a good LTS. > With more experience, I have now a better vision of this goal. > > So, let's make it simple, I would like Lubuntu 14.04 to be a LTS version. > > But claiming we want a LTS its' not enough. First, we need to make it > stable enough, so we can safely claim it's a LTS, because people who > install a LTS want a stable system. But, I also would like to make it > sexy enough to be proud of it, to make people happy to recommend it. I > would like to make it THE release of Lubuntu, the reference of all > Lubuntu releases. To achieve it, I have several goals in mind, items > that I consider we need to finish for the LTS, and I think we can > finish them : > > - Finish lxsession, to make the system fully customizable and able to > run minimal set of applications by default (I'll talk about it later, > when you will be able to test it properly). > - Fully translatable : it's vital to make it available in a maximum of > languages > - Artwork : finish the icon theme for a GTK environment, finish the > other pieces of the artwork and its integration, to make Lubuntu even > more beautiful > > Another item I would like to add, but I'm not sure we will be able to > make it, it's an off-line documentation, or a nice manual. > > Of course, we need also the usual bug fixes and small improvements > everywhere, but the main focus should be on those topics. > > Also, soon we will need to decide which applications we want in this > LTS. We should do it in an other discussion, but it's the right time > to do big changes if we consider they are good. > > Considering all the big changes which may happen for 13.10, I'm also > thinking of the possibility to not do a proper 13.10 release, > depending of the state of 13.10 after all the big structural changes, > and near feature freeze. Again, it can be reconsidered in due time, > but we may keep this in mind. I'm prepared to drop 1 release if we can > do a very good 14.04 LTS. > > And after 14.04 ? > > Well, you probably know that Canonical is pushing for a Qt switch over > GTK, but also by changing it's display manager (MIR). You may know > also that LXDE is thinking about switching to Qt too, by joining > forces with Razor-qt desktop environment. All those changes may be an > opportunity to start another adventure, using Razor-qt as a base. It's > also a reason to release 14.04 as a LTS, because it could be the final > release with LXDE and GTK. We will also be free to make very big > changes for 14.10, because we know we have a LTS behind to recommend, > for a long time. > > To prepare this, I'll also work on a specific session (call QLubuntu, > pronounce it “Cute Lubuntu” ;-)), to test during 13.10 and 14.04, if > the option to go with Qt is possible. > > So, what do you think about it ? :-) > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
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