Is Ubuntu Unity up to specs

[AO Breysse]

Hi, Robie,

Thank you for your email and for taking the time to answer.

I now better understand the Technical Board and the Release Team roles 
when it comes to Official Flavours.

I had taken my questions, concerns to Discourse, as the first email I 
received after contacting the board about the matter led me to think 
that I might not receive an answer from the Technical Board. My 
experience on Discourse was not a pleasant one. I believe that I wrote 
my Discourse messages with a courteous tone, clearly reflecting my 
opinion about a subject that mattered to me, as a long time Ubuntu user. 
The answers I got were on a very different tone. They included negative 
extrapolations about my intent, stated that I never collaborated to 
Ubuntu when I have provided translations for so many years, at some 
point. Then one of the Canonical moderators even went as far as writing 
that I was bashing on Canonical. That is not what I was doing.

I do understand that moderators may be overly sensitive, but why such 
attacks against me?

I have over three decades of professional background with major global 
players, and I react better to people who respect me. Lack of respect is 
toxic, and I avoid it. That is why after reading the answers I got from 
the two Canonical employees on Discourse, very public and offensive 
misinterpretations of my intent, I decided to move away from the Ubuntu 
community.

Helping can also come in the form of someone coming forth by expressing 
detailed concerns, as I did, hoping these concerns would reach the right 
teams and stakeholders.

I have followed and used Ubuntu in one form or another since its 
inception. I have the highest regards for the company Mark created, and 
for the many people who devoted their time making Ubuntu the solid OS it 
is, as Canonical employees or community members.

For four days, I no longer use Ubuntu for work or at home, as I have 
installed another Linux distribution supported by a community I feel 
better respect my contribution and myself as a person. I will also 
migrate the friends and family whose computer I support to that other 
Linux distribution.

Again, Robie, thank you for your courteous email, and best wishes to 
you, Canonical and the Ubuntu team in their endeavours.

Kind regards,

Alain-Olivier Breysse
Certified Translator


Le 2025-10-21 à 15 h 52, Robie Basak a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Related post:https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-unity-25-10-is-yet-to-be-released/69589
>
> Thank you for caring about the quality of Ubuntu!
>
> Further to today's Technical Board meeting, along similar lines as
> others have mentioned on Discourse:
>
> The project relies on volunteers who choose what they want to work on.
> Unfortunately that means that we aren't in a position to task volunteers
> to do anything. If they're not interested in working in the areas you
> identified, they'll work in some other area, or not at all.
>
> The Technical Board can set standards, such as what flavours we'll call
> "official". Flavour qualification is mostly delegated to the Release
> Team to drive. I suppose we could disqualify a flavour, but that's not
> something we would take lightly, we would only do it in consultation
> with the Release Team, and only after a conversation with the relevant
> developers. We would much prefer that conversation to end with a good
> flavour release over disqualification. In any case, disqualification
> doesn't seem to be what is being requested here.
>
> The Technical Board can also provide encouragement or seek to change
> something that is hindering volunteers. But I don't see any specific
> suggestions that could lead to Technical Board action in this area.
>
> Therefore there doesn't appear to be any action that is appropriate for
> the Technical Board to take here, except to encourage volunteers to help
> with the issues you've raised. Anybody can participate, including you!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robie
> On behalf of the Technical Board
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