To clear things up here: 1) If MATE ends up in Debian, we'll be happy to pull it into Ubuntu "for free". I'd personally love to see people step up and get MATE 1.6 into Debian/experimental (just because a freeze is happening is no reason not to stage things for jessie)
2) While we'd prefer it in Debian first, if some Ubuntu developers step up and want to get MATE into the Ubuntu archives, we won't stand in the way of that. However, don't expect people to get excited about doing this for you, or to maintain the results. We'd need a firm commitment from the people doing the packaging and uploading that they intend to continue maintaining it. Desktop environments bitrot fast without active maintenance. As a member of the Ubuntu Release Team, I have zero issues with MATE being in Ubuntu, or even a MATE-based image flavour, but one of the above two conditions (ideally the first) needs to be met. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876675 Title: [needs-packaging] MATE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/876675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
