I have a question about the release cycle of major Ubuntu, and Ubuntu flavors, releases in general:
To which extent are the last regular releases before an LTS release usually there to “prepare” the coming LTS release? For instance, could you say that if something is not included in a “UnevenYear.10” release, it probably won’t be in the “EvenYear.04” LTS release that comes six months later, either? So, if something is not in the coming 25.10 release, does that mean that it probably won’t be in next year’s 26.04 release, either?
For main Ubuntu Desktop/Server what you ask does hold, in that significant changes are held if they don’t make it into a non-LTS release first, with some changes that didn’t make it into 23.10 being rescheduled for 24.10… but that rule doesn’t really apply to community flavors though, outside of what is agreed/given in the Ubuntu *flavor* sync meetings etc.
Upstream code changes (newer GNOME version, Linux kernel changes etc) do not apply here.
example of flavor sync meeting notes can be found here