Hello, and thanks for your time. This is an official request for Lubuntu 26.04 to be qualified to be a long-term support (LTS) release, as per the requirements at [1].
Going through the points listed in the references documentation: * Ubuntu 26.04 is intended to be an LTS release. Lubuntu's request for 26.04 to be made an LTS release therefore aligns with Ubuntu's LTS release cycle. * Lubuntu has participated successfully in many consecutive LTS and non-LTS releases, and we have the manpower to maintain a 26.04 LTS. We are in need of more developers, but have an existing contributor we are working on training to work on development. * Similar to previous cycles, Lubuntu intends to offer software support in the form of SRUs for serious bugs and security issues that the Lubuntu team becomes aware of and can reasonably fix after the release of Lubuntu 26.04. We will also be participating in the LTS point releases, as all other flavors do. Beyond that, we also offer technical support on a best-effort basis via the Lubuntu section of Ubuntu's Discourse instance, and through the Lubuntu Support chatroom on Matrix (#lubuntu-support:ubuntu.com). We also maintain an official manual for the Lubuntu operating system at [2]. * The above support plan is public, as it has been posted on a public mailing list. The ongoing support contacts at the moment are Thomas Ward ([email protected], @teward:ubuntu.com) as the primary contact, and myself ([email protected], @arraybolt3:ubuntu.com) as the secondary contact. Both of us are generally highly responsive and easy to reach. Further contacts can be reached via our development Matrix room at #lubuntu-devel:ubuntu.com. * Our key upstream packages are primarily the entire LXQt stack, the labwc display server, Qt, Kvantum (for theming), and the Calamares installer. * We do not yet have a written confirmation from IS that space and resources are available to retain images in the archive through the LTS life cycle. Historically, this hasn't been a problem, so I do not expect it will be difficult for the TB or relevant teams to obtain this confirmation. For the Lubuntu Council, -- Aaron Rainbolt Lubuntu Council Member https://github.com/ArrayBolt3 https://launchpad.net/~arraybolt3 @arraybolt3:ubuntu.com on Matrix, arraybolt3 on Libera and OFTC [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecognizedFlavors, section "Guidelines for Tech Board to designate flavor image as LTS [2] https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/
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