On 02/24/2014 06:06 AM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote: > We are asked to make a proposal for our LTS, and how long we would like > to support it. > > If no one objects, I will create a simple page declaring that we would > like to support Ubuntu Studio for the full period that Ubuntu supports > it's LTS (5 years), and following their schedule of point releases. > > Motivation: > Older machines will have use of an older release, and it is quite common > for production machines to keep the same release over a period of many > years for the sake of stability and simplicity (no need to learn new > features). > Support needed is quite minimal. If there are bugs specific to Ubuntu > Studio we fix them. Past the Xubuntu 3 year support period, if there are > any XFCE specific bugs, we fix those too - but usually after 3 years, > not much changes, so support is quite easy. > > Possible reasons against: > Xubuntu will only support their LTS for 3 years. Since we base our > default DE on theirs, it means we need to take over support for > everything XFCE related after those three years. > > You can read more about the call for flavors to state their LTS status > here > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2014-February/002783.html > I think I should explain some of the reasoning that went into the Xubuntu decision to support the LTS for 3 years. The last LTS cycle, we were basically aligned with Debian for the Xfce base and Debian releases are only supported in their entirety for about 3 years (stable + oldstable). Xubuntu did not have (and still doesn't have) the resources to maintain Xfce without upstream or Debian support. Upstream Xfce's support cycle length is generally 1-2 years. The 4.10 cycle has been a bit longer since 4.12 is at least a year overdue at this point.
Committing to a shorter length to support your packageset doesn't mean that you can't backport multimedia applications or SRU fixes after that point. You can do that for most of the full 5 years of support. It means that Studio as a whole is only supported for X years and after that, it's advised to upgrade to the next LTS. Another alternative is to suggest using an alternate DE after 3 years (like KDE). Best wishes, Micah -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
