Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] GNOME 3.14 proporsal

[Tim <darkxst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/04/14 08:14, Daniel Espinosa wrote:
> Because is not clear how we will discuses about the new set of Features before to edit Wiki page and because I see some fixed, no proposals,
> items about GNOME 3.14, I would like to talk about it.
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> When I compare Utopic and GNOME 3.14 release schedule, I found we can be ready on time packaging the upcoming new version of GNOME.
Utopic will be shipping GNOME 3.12, this has been discussed many times on the various lists, see for example this thread [1]. One of the main
reasons being the release schedules are just far too tight.
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> What are our dependencies from Ubuntu Release Team and their constrains about what Features to include?
We are essentially limited to whatever GNOME version that Ubuntu ships for GTK, that will be 3.12
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> Is there a politic or restriction on avoid to skip 3.12 and go directly to GNOME 3.14?
Its not politics, its about stability, users who want the bleeding edge can use the PPA's
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> I think going to GNOME 3.14 will push Ubuntu GNOME users base.
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> We need to take in account that Fedora is skipping GNOME 3.12 too.
Fedora is not skipping 3.12, they are planning on landing into Fedora 20 as an update.
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> Other point is that this release will be a rolling release with no LTS, then we can start to state the basis for next LTS release.
Ubuntu does not do rolling releases!
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> Do we have the resources to go to GNOME 3.14?
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> Do we have Ubuntu support to include GNOME 3.14 in next release?
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[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2014-March/001769.html