On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 16:22:53 Rohan Garg wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com> 
wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 22, 2014 18:03:52 Phil Wyett wrote:
> >> On Saturday 22 Feb 2014 11:48:13 Scott Kitterman wrote:
> >> > On Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:08:35 Rohan Garg wrote:
> >> > > > I think you are misreading that.  It specifically talks about users
> >> > > 
> >> > > potentially
> >> > > 
> >> > > > needing to upgrade only every 4 years.
> >> > > 
> >> > > Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the last line specifically talks
> >> > > about
> >> > > upgrading twice every 4 years, which equates to a support lifetime of
> >> > > 2
> >> > > years?
> >> > 
> >> > OK.  In any case, I still have 5 year LTS.  In addition to the reasons
> >> > I
> >> > mentioned previously, I don't want to accept Kubuntu being second class
> >> > citizen in the Ubuntu project in any way I don't have to.
> >> > 
> >> > I think 5 years is working out for 12.04 (so far) and I don't think we
> >> > should change.
> >> > 
> >> > Scott K
> 
> Alright, after discussing this on IRC, a 5 year LTS should be doable.
> However, IMHO we MUST transparently convey what a LTS means for
> Kubuntu. Specifically, we should have a page outlining what support
> means for Kubuntu specifically ( software is supported only when KDE
> upstream supports it, there is absolutely NO support for software that
> KDE deems unsupported ).

No.  We need to provide security support for sure and support for other severe 
issues on a best effort basis.  We shouldn't over promise, but security we have 
to  do.

Scott K

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