Bug 1602344 opened against the CoC for more explicit condemnation of harassment

By lyz | Published: 2016-07-13

I just opened a bug to pave our way to amend the CoC so that it gets to be clearly visible we do not accept harassment (and, by consequence, bullying) in any form, for any reason.

This is the sequence from the discussions previously held in this mailing list, and a session on UOS 1605.

Our view is that a small change will suffice. Michael Hall has added the proposed branch to the bug. This, we expect, will precede additional information added around the CoC (but not directly part of the CoC), so that examples and pointers can be given.

Please comment. We need feedback from the community.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-community-team mailing list on Tue Jul 12 20:10:37 UTC 2016 by C de-Avillez

Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations: Call Number Two

By lyz | Published: 2016-07-12

Svetlana Belkin, on the behalf of the Community Council, repeats her call for nominations to the Ubuntu Membership Board.

As a refresher, the following requirements exist for for nominees:

  • be an Ubuntu member (preferably for some time)
  • be confident that you can evaluate contributions to various parts of our community
  • be committed to attending the membership meetings
  • broad insight into the Ubuntu community at large is a plus

Read the email for full details about expectations for members, meeting times and how to apply.

A link to her related blog post which notes that the deadline is extended to July 25th, 2016.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 473

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2016-07-12

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #473 for the week July 4 – 10, 2016, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Walter Lapchynski
  • Leonard Viator
  • Simon Quigley
  • Chris Guiver
  • Athul Muralidhar
  • Chris Sirrs
  • And many others

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Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) reaches End of Life on July 28 2016

By lyz | Published: 2016-07-07

Ubuntu announced its 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) release almost 9 months ago, on October 22, 2015. As a non-LTS release, 15.10 has a 9-month month support cycle and, as such, the support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 15.10 will reach end of life on Thursday, July 28th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 15.10.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 15.10 is via Ubuntu 16.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XenialUpgrades

Ubuntu 16.04 continues to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes. Announcements of security updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list, information about which may be found at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce

Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list on Thu Jul 7 12:16:48 UTC 2016 by Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 472

By lyz | Published: 2016-07-04

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #472 for the week June 27 – July 3, 2016, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Simon Quigley
  • Chris Guiver
  • Athul Muralidhar
  • Chris Sirrs
  • Leonard Viator
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License