FFe: Transition to ubuntu-desktop and provide vanilla-gnome-desktop

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 02:03:30AM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug by Jeremy Bicha (jbicha):
>
> Impact
> ======
> As announced when Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 was released, Ubuntu GNOME users will be upgraded to the regular Ubuntu desktop when they upgrade to the next stable release.
>
> This means that ubuntu-gnome-desktop will become a transitional package
> depending on ubuntu-desktop.
>
> For people who prefer a more upstream GNOME experience, the Ubuntu GNOME
> desktop would like to provide a new vanilla-gnome-desktop metapackage
> which is basically a continuation of what ubuntu-gnome-desktop used to
> be.
>
> We have no intention of making iso's for this vanilla GNOME.
>
> So it's time to stop building the ubuntu-gnome daily ISOs now too.
>
> Links
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> https://ubuntugnome.org/ubuntu-gnome-17-04-released/
>

Sure, as far as the release team is concerned.

Please follow up with the cdimage team regarding dropping Ubuntu GNOME
ISOs. You'll probably want to edit livecd-rootfs and lp:ubuntu-cdimage
at least, no doubt others (the ISO tracker) too. The ubuntu-release ML
is as good a place as any for that.

--
Iain Lane [ <email address hidden> ]
Debian Developer [ <email address hidden> ]
Ubuntu Developer [ <email address hidden> ]

I can help with disabling the cron jobs from nusakan once needed, but an MP for ubuntu-cdimage would be welcome anyway.

ubuntu-gnome daily builds have been now disabled from the cdimage side.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-gnome-meta - 0.79

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ubuntu-gnome-meta (0.79) artful; urgency=medium

  * ubuntu-gnome-desktop is now a transitional package
    depending on ubuntu-desktop (LP: #1718085)
  * Introduce vanilla-gnome-desktop for those who prefer
    a full GNOME desktop with minimal Ubuntu branding
    similar to what Ubuntu GNOME offered
  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.0
  * Bump debhelper compat to 10
  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added gnome-todo to desktop
  * Added kerneloops to desktop-recommends
  * Added vanilla-gnome-default-settings to desktop-recommends
  * Removed deja-dup-backend-cloudfiles from desktop-recommends
  * Removed deja-dup-backend-s3 from desktop-recommends
  * Removed firefox from desktop-recommends [ppc64el]
  * Removed kerneloops-daemon from desktop-recommends
  * Removed ubuntu-gnome-default-settings from desktop-recommends
  * Moved gnome-calendar to desktop

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:09:56 -0400