[Ubuntu] Stable update

[Johan Van de Wauw]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Worth Lutz <wal3 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Thanks,
> My error on our versions. It's 12 & 14. I typed without thinking.
>
> I understand dependencies sometimes keep updates from getting to older systems. I was hoping to jump to 16.04 but will have to wait on php-mapscript.
>
> Thanks for your work in making these packages available.
>
> Worth
>
>> On Apr 26, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>>
>> Worth,
>>
>> 10.04 is past end of life from Ubuntu (2015) those people need to
>> upgrade if they want any updates from us or Ubuntu.
>>
>> 12.04 only has 1 year left (2017), so it's unlikely to get anything
>> except bugfix releases if possible (not always possible).
>>
>> Yes, this thread is about clarifying the policies.

Note that rather than policies, the major reason UbuntuGIS received
little updates is that no-one found time to do so (eg I'm currently on
a project where I have to use a windows desktop).
If you or your customers rely on UbuntuGIS updates, please consider
helping out packaging or contracting someone to do so. Debian GIS is
in a good state now, so it is usually only a matter of backporting.
I'm ready to help anyone who would like to contribute.

Kind Regards,
Johan