On 04.04.19 06:08, Seth Arnold wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 12:41:04PM +0100, Robie Basak wrote: >> 1. If a language-specific package, or stack of packages, is stuck in >> proposed, and nobody is volunteering to get them migrated, then we are >> more willing to delete them from the release pocket and release without >> that stack. > > Thank you Robie for the proposal. > > I believe this is in our users' best interests. I am conflicted, since I > know I much preferred getting the Ruby on Rails stack from Ubuntu when I > was using it many years ago, and continue to prefer using the Python and > Perl modules that we've packaged. > > However, the status quo isn't doing anybody any favours. It might be > convenient for casual users but confuses the situation for everyone. > > It's unfortunate that even if someone does step up to bring these > language-specific stacks up to the standard we expect for release, > it doesn't provide any assurances for users that these stacks will > be maintained. However, knowing that they are out of date at time of > release is worse enough that raising the bar even this little is useful.
Aging is a tautology for every software in a distro release, so why does it only apply to some software? Everybody is a casual user for most software in a distro or not using the software at all. So I can't follow your conclusion "this is in our users' best interests", if we have these casual users (and apparently you are one of them). -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
