On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:06 AM, Frank M Waterman <thepcmedici...@gmail.com> wrote: > If the end of life for 16.04 LTS is not until two years from now, why is the > GNOME3 PPAs for it being shut down and why are you (and by extension the > GNOME team) recommending upgrading to 16.10 when the end of life for its > PPAs is coming up in May of this year? Perhaps I have missed a key point, > but I do not understand. My apologies for my confusion.
I hope my reply isn't even more confusing! Non-LTS releases are not supported for very long at all after the next Ubuntu release is available. This allows developers to focus on developing future releases while supporting a choice of either an LTS or the newest release. Ubuntu 17.04 will be released in two weeks. It's important that 16.10 users upgrade promptly but you can wait a few weeks. Ubuntu 16.10 offers a better GNOME 3.20 experience than 16.04 LTS. Let me give 2 brief examples of issues with 16.04 + the GNOME3 Staging PPA: - Every single time there's a new webkit2gtk security update (and there are multiple every year), it has to be rebuilt in the 16.04 GNOME3 Staging PPA or else apps like evolution won't display correctly. - There is a gnome-keyring issue that I believe was resolved in 16.10 by converting gnome-keyring, gnome-session and more to systemd user sessions. This is too disruptive of a change to try to backport since it could introduce problems for those running other desktops. Conclusion: If you want stability, it's best to stay on the LTS without the GNOME3 PPAs. If you want the latest and greatest, it's best to upgrade to the new non-LTS releases. Jeremy -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
