[miniDebConf] Talk proposal: How LTS Goes Beyond LTS

Speaker names: Roberto C. Sánchez and Santiago Ruano Rincón Travel budget: not to be compensated via the conference Affiliation: LTS (Freexian) Duration and date: 40min during the weekend Video recording: agreed Language: English Registered: yes (currently rows 14 and 21) Talk topic: The proposed talk is titled "How LTS Goes Beyond LTS". The LTS project aims to ensure that each Debian stable release has 5 years of security support. The effort was begun by Freexian in 2014, initially focusing on the 5 year timeline by working on oldstable. As the project has grown we have been working to extend the team's contributions to other releases/parts of Debian. As a result, Freexian actively encourages and funds paid LTS contributors to find ways to contribute beyond simply preparing LTS package updates. This talk will review some highlights from the past 12 months covering 3 key areas: contributions to (old)stable/testing/unstable packages, contributions to broader non-packaging work in Debian, and contributions to the broader free software world. Time will be reserved at the end for a Q&A/discussion about other ways that the LTS team can contribute to Debian and to the free software world. Bio: Roberto and Santiago are both Debian Developers (Roberto since 2007 and Santiago since 2006) and both are active as members of the LTS Team. Roberto primarily serves in the coordinator role, looking after the day-to-day operations of the team, and Santiago primarily serves in the service owner role, dealing with strategic matters concerning the team. We are always on the lookout for ways that the LTS team can be of greater service to the Debian project and the free software world. -- Roberto C. Sánchez