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[NeoTheThird <neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What i don't get is why so many people are like "now it's official, 
ubuntu touch is dead, there are no updates planned". It is not, the 
email did not say that. The email said, that there won't be any big 
updates to the current release until a snappy is finally here. So Ubuntu 
Touch is not dead, it's very much alive. It's just that the next big 
update is going to be snaps, and until they arrive, it does not make 
sense to fix old bugs, because snapping the os means touching and 
modifying everything anyways. So some issues resolve themselves, other 
issues will arise. But the project is not dead!

I think canonical should have been more transparent. Many people are 
interested, so the press and social media pick up every bit of 
information they can get. The problem is simply: People don't want to 
read. They see "There won't be an OTA 15" and think it means there won't 
be any big update for all eternity. But there will be an update, it is 
gonna be snaps!

I wish for a canonical press release to shine some light on this matter. 
Give us the road map. Tell us the plan, tell us how to help. Ubuntu 
Touch is a project that is at least partly driven by the community, so 
the community needs to know what direction to dirve in.

Cheers,

NeoTheThird


On 06.01.2017 21:51, Gareth France wrote:
> On 06/01/17 20:02, Mitchell Reese wrote:
> > And people wonder why Canonical was silent? (apart from Christmas and 
> > New Year break) EVERY tidbit of information here is picked up by 
> > social media, 'the press', and everyone else to extrapolate this 
> > project... How tedious...
> >
> > I run multiple theatre projects, community and professional, with 
> > various funding partners. Not announceing before checking with them 
> > is common courtesy. Sometimes that means keeping thnigs under my hat.
> >
> > According to omg ubuntu - their click-bait headline points to the 
> > Ubuntu Touch project dying. What a clusterfuck...
> >
> > Mitchell
> I know, makes me feel sorry I brought it up!