2013/11/18 Julien Lavergne <[email protected]>: > Before talking about the future of Lubuntu, you have to know and realize the > followings facts : > > - My availability will not improve in the future. That means I will focus on > fixing stuff, improving lxsession stuff, try to do some documentation, and > prepare the future. > > - We have to consider that no one will magically appear to improve the code > of Lubuntu. It's the case since many months, and I don't think it will > magically change for the next 6 months. We also don't have the > infrastructure (documentation, clean process, availability of mentors ...) > to correctly train new people on the devs team, so even if new young and > enthusiastic people arrive, they can't really help us if they need training, > guidance ...We may have some outside help on specific topics or bugs, but it > will not change deeply Lubuntu as we know it. If eventually someone comes > with actual work (mean, actual working code), we can still consider it if > it's well tested. > > - LXDE is dying. Well, except pcmanfm, all components are frozen and will > probably not going to see any improvements in the next 6 months. Expect only > bug fixes and translations updates. > > - LXQt (the merge of Razor-qt and LXDE, using Qt instead of GTK) is slowly > taking the place of the LXDE GTK. All work are done on this branch. > > Considering this, and the result of the previous release, we have to admit > that we need to focus on fixing bugs for 14.04. We can't introduce new > functionalities and new stuff, unless it fixes bugs, or if someone from > outside the Lubuntu dev team is actively working on it. In the short-term, > that means : > > - The only LXDE components which will be eventually upgraded will be pcmanfm > / libfm. The others will be upgraded, but currently there are only bug fixes > / translation updates releases. > > - Adding light-locker for locking screen, it's actively developed, use (or > will be used) by Xubuntu, it's in the philosophy of Lubuntu (GTK apps > without any depends on other environment), it's prettier than xscreensaver, > more integrated with lightdm, and it will hopefully fix the locking problems > we have. > > - No others changes in default applications. We removed the more > problematics ones, and a change will cause more testing, more integration > work … Generaly, and by default, we are frozen in term of functionalities. > > > The goal is double : > > - Stabilize this 14.04 as much as we can, so it can be the release > reference. > > - Prepare an eventual switch to Qt for 14.10, mostly by preparing the > testing environment for people, and make possible a smooth upgrade from the > GTK version. > > I'll go through the blueprints open for discussions, but I'll apply strictly > the “rules” I made above. Don't be surprised … > > Usually, there is a blueprint which summarize the workitems for the release > (see this for example > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-r-lubuntu-work-items). > Since the next release is a “all-you-can-fix” roadmap, maintaining it will > be IMO a waste of time. If you want to work on something specific, talk to > me by mail or IRC (gilir on #lubuntu). > > Regards, > > Julien Lavergne > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
Julien, Thank you for your detailed e-mail. I was looking forward to hearing from 14.04 and the future. Regarding: > Since the next release is a “all-you-can-fix” roadmap, maintaining it will > be IMO a waste of time. If you want to work on something specific, talk to > me by mail or IRC (gilir on #lubuntu). I agree it'll be a waste of time if we may be moving to LXQt on 14.10 cycle. Hence, does 14.04 has to remain LTS yet? I mean, should we drop the LTS idea for 14.04 once: - LXDE is dying; - we're missing devs and LTS would demand support together with the non-LTS releases. - LXQt seems to be not ready for 14.04 Best regards, -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ibere-Fernandes -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
