plasma-distro-release-notifier

[Lukasz Zemczak]

Hey Erich!

Basically my opinion is in line with Robie's - from the SRU POV it
feels like something that would make a valid exception, but we'd
probably want to know more details before giving a full +1. Which
doesn't mean the info cannot be gathered in the SRU bug and the
package uploaded to the jammy NEW queue for discussion. We can iterate
on that there.

>From the release-team POV, this of course also feels doable. We'll try
looking at the NEW package shortly and we'll be on a lookout for a FFe
for the inclusion of this package in your images. This all sounds
sensible to me, but I'd appreciate writing that all up in the FFe
(along with the rationale, conclusions of the discussions and plan
forward).

Cheers,

On Sat, 10 Sept 2022 at 12:44, Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Erich,
>
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 05:32:45PM -0700, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
> > You may have seen my post and discussion in the MLs of ubuntu-devel, kubuntu-
> > devel and ubuntu-studio-devel (really, those with the Plasma desktops) lacking
> > a way to be notified when a new Ubuntu version is released. This is a huge
> > detriment to our users, and I hope to correct this as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you for looking into this! I appreciate your concern about the UX.
>
> > This is where things get tricky. I realize this is a somewhat unusual request,
> > but I believe this needs to be included in 22.04 as well. I know that entirely
> > new packages are highly frowned-upon for stable releases, but I feel the
> > detriment to users not getting a notification about a new release and getting
> > stuck on an EOL release might be a bigger detriment than the small risk this
> > small package might create.
>
> Speaking for the SRU team, I can't provide a hard answer without
> consulting with other members first, but it sounds like this is the sort
> of thing that we would make an exception for exactly because it relates
> to the UX of moving to the next release.
>
> Exactly what would or would not be acceptable depends on the details
> which I understand have yet to be figured out (or, at least, aren't laid
> out in a bug yet). I encourage you to continue and I'll make sure we
> give you feedback along the way as necessary so we end up with a
> solution that's acceptable to everyone.
>
> Robie
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