For my part I would be very happy to do that. In addition, Steve suggested a particular name for 26.04 LTS, which I won't share now.
Mark On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 18:32, Aaron Rainbolt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:30:19 -0600 > Aaron Rainbolt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey all, had an idea that I wanted to share after talking about it > > with some other folks in Ubuntu. > > > > I don't know how else to say it, but Steve was awesome. I don't think > > Ubuntu would be where it is now without him, and we're all still > > feeling the impact of him no longer being with us. Given how much he > > did for us, I'd love to see some lasting artifact commemorating him > > in Ubuntu. > > > > Back for the Ubuntu 21.04 release, the Release Team dedicated the > > release to Adam Conrad (infinity), after he made a similarly immense > > impact on the project and then passed away. As a fairly new Ubuntu > > contributor (compared to some of the long-time members around here), > > things like this are still helping me learn about and develop respect > > for Ubuntu's rich history and the people who brought it to where it > > is. I think something similar would be appropriate for Steve, if it > > sounds OK to the Release Team. > > > > Me and several other people in the Ubuntu project talked about this > > during the Governance Sync Meeting on January 14th[1], where we had > > some discussion about potential ways we could celebrate Steve's memory > > in the release. AFAIK everyone seemed to think it would be a good idea > > to have a release dedication similar to the one we did for Adam, as > > long as we're not conflicting with the Release Team's wishes. So in > > conclusion, the question is - how would you feel about dedicating the > > Ubuntu 24.10 release to Steve Langasek? > > > > Also, like I mentioned, there were a few other ideas for things we > > could do to make the release special in memory of Steve, those ideas > > are mentioned in the Governance Sync meeting notes linked below. > > Opinions on any or all of those would be quite welcome. > > > > Thanks for taking the time to read this! > > > > [1] > https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-governance-sync-meeting-notes-14-january-2025/53744 > > > > For the Community Council, > > > > -- > > Aaron Rainbolt > > Ubuntu Community Council Member > > https://github.com/ArrayBolt3 > > https://launchpad.net/~arraybolt3 > > @arraybolt3:ubuntu.com on Matrix, arraybolt3 on irc.libera.chat > > Oh, darn, I forgot to actually link to the time when the Release Team > dedicated the 21.04 release to Adam Conrad. Here's the link to that: > https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hirsute-hippo-release-notes/19221 > -- > community-council mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/community-council >
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