--- title: "Ubuntu Phone engineer reunion over a decade-old bug closure" url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-phone-engineer-reunion-over-a-decade-old-bug-closure-exgijrrax source_url: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-phone-bug-reunion type: article source: "omg! ubuntu!" published: 2026-08-23T22:35:32.209Z updated: 2026-08-23T22:35:48.032Z tags: ["open-source", "linux", "ubuntu"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 1 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ubuntu Phone engineer reunion over a decade-old bug closure **[omg\! ubuntu\!](https://daily.dev/sources/omgub)** 路 4 min read 路 1 upvotes 路 1 comments ## Summary A decade-old Launchpad bug about missing Ubuntu Phone documentation was finally closed as invalid over a recent weekend, sparking an impromptu reunion among former Canonical engineers who received the email notification. Ex-team members reminisced about the Ubuntu Phone project, its Scopes framework, and its 2017 shutdown, while the piece notes the project's legacy lives on through Snap (born from Click), Mir (now a Wayland compositor), and Ubuntu's return to GNOME. Ubports continues to maintain Ubuntu Touch on niche hardware from Pine64 and Volla. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@baz14** 路 1 upvotes > It's a shame Canonical ended its sponsorship馃槩. The system had great potential. > > Thanks to UBports, it's still alive, actively maintained, and continuing to evolve馃. The mobile OS market needs a completely free alternative like Ubuntu Touch. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [7 Projects Killed by Ubuntu \(But I Still Miss Them\)](https://daily.dev/posts/7-projects-killed-by-ubuntu-but-i-still-miss-them--tehj6cijd) 路 It's Foss 路 1 upvotes 路 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-phone-engineer-reunion-over-a-decade-old-bug-closure-exgijrrax)