http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/940 <pre>Hello everybody, at UDS we decided to hold MOTU meetings again. For now we will meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday in #ubuntu-meeting at 16:00 UTC. The first one this cycle is going to be at 24th May, 16:00 UTC and we hope to see you all there. We will use these meetings to coordinate development activities throughout the cycle and give development sub-teams a venue to give updates and coordinate their work. If you'd like to bring up a topic for discussion, please add it to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings Have a great day, Daniel </pre> Daniel Holbach 2012-05-21T13:36:45 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/939 <pre>== Developer Membership Board meeting, 2012-05-09 == Chair: laney Present: barry stgraber tumbleweed micahg bdrung === MOTU application Ante Karamatić === Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AnteKaramatic/DeveloperApplicationMOTU Voting: +1 barry tumbleweed micahg stgraber laney bdrung The application is accepted. Action: micahg to add permissions. === Per-Package uploader Ike Panhc === Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IkePanhc/DeveloperApplication-PPU Voting for linux-armadaxp, linux-meta-armadaxp, linux-highbank and linux-meta-highbank (the latter two for discussion and approval on the mailing list after the enter the archive) Voting: +1 barry laney tumbleweed stgraber +0 micahg bdrung The application is accepted. ACTION: stgraber to add permissions === Per-Package uploader James Hunt === Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JamesHunt/PPUApplication Voting for friendly-recovery, libnih, mountall, upstart Voting: +1 barry laney tumbleweed stgraber micahg bdrung The application is accepted. ACTION: stgraber to add permissions === AOB === Chair for next meeting: micahg </pre> Iain Lane 2012-05-09T23:46:35 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/938 <pre>Quantal is now open for development, with syncs from unstable starting shortly. The development version starts with updated versions of GCC and OpenJDK, some soname changes (boost, hdf5), and some changes with setting the build flags for package builds. We are finally targeting Python3 as the only Python version on the ISO/installation images. - GCC 4.7 is now the default, introducing some build failures caused by unknown compiler options, and more C++ strictness. Hints how to fix packages can be found at [1]. Bug reports for packages are not yet filed directly in Launchpad, but can be found on the Debian BTS instead [2]. - OpenJDK 7 is now used as the default, replacing OpenJDK 6, introducing some build failures. The build status can be tracked at [3], open issues are tracked at [4]. - Removing build flags exported from dpkg-buildpackage for quantal will get us in sync with Debian. Implications and fixes are discussed on the ubuntu-devel ML [5]. - Python 3 is now again part of a minimal chroot on quantal, and will be the only Python version provided on the ISO/installation images for quantal. Packages which need updates and ports for Python 3 are tracked at [6] Please check your uploads in a quantal chroot, don't just test in a precise environment. See [7] how to setup such a development chroot. [1] http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/porting_to.html [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ftbfs-gcc-4.7;users=debian-gcc&lt; at &gt;lists.debian.org [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaTeam/Java7Default [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?search=Search&amp;field.bug_reporter=james-page&amp;field.tags_combinator=ALL&amp;field.tag=java7-ftbfs+encoding [5] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-April/035149.html [6] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/FoundationsQPythonVersions [7] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot </pre> Matthias Klose 2012-04-30T13:17:03 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/937 <pre> Dear Developer, The Unseeded Universe Final Freeze is now in effect. This effectively finishes up the changes going into the Precise Ubuntu archive for the release. Iain Lane has kindly gathered some precise statistics ;) (see below) summarizing what has occurred in the Ubuntu project archive this cycle. Thank you to the 386 uploaders, and all those who have been contributing by reviews and feedback, allowing us to get the archive in such good shape for our LTS release! :) On behalf of the Ubuntu release team, Thank you!!! Kate ------------------------------------------------------------ 386 uploaders 18630 non-rebuild non-langpack uploads (including auto-syncs) (12636 excluding) Uploads by day (non-automatic only) dow | count -------------+------- Tuesday | 2722 Wednesday | 2398 Monday | 2266 Thursday | 2255 Friday | 2092 Saturday | 2065 Sunday | 1318 Top 15 packages by number of uploads source | count -----------------------+------- debian-installer | 64 lxc | 53 ubiquity | 42 libvirt | 39 linux | 38 gnome-control-center | 38 gnome-settings-daemon | 36 cobbler | 34 nautilus | 34 whoopsie-daisy | 33 byobu | 32 firefox | 31 nova | 31 thunderbird | 29 gtk+3.0 | 28 Sponsors signed_by_name | count -------------------------+------- Jonathan Riddell | 212 Daniel Holbach | 171 Martin Pitt | 112 Scott Kitterman | 62 Ken VanDine | 56 Colin Watson | 54 Sebastien Bacher | 51 Micah Gersten | 46 James Page | 39 Fabrice Coutadeur | 35 Luke Yelavich | 28 Felix Geyer | 27 Andrew Starr-Bochicchio | 23 Stefano Rivera | 22 Stéphane Graber | 20 </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-04-24T16:30:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/936 <pre>== Developer Membership Board meeting, 2012-04-23 == Chair: Cody A.W. Somerville Present: Barry Warsaw, Benjamin Drung, Iain Lane, Micah Gersten, Stefano Rivera === PerPackageUploader Application: David Henningsson === Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Diwic/PulseAudioUploaderApplication David Henningsson (diwic) applied for per-package-upload permissions to the pulseaudio package. The application was discussed, voted on, and accepted: For: 6 Against: 0 Abstained: 0 === PerPackageUploader Application: Cesare Falco === Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/c.falco/DeveloperApplication Cesare Falco (cfalco) applied for per-package-upload permissions to btpd, mame, and mess (not in Ubuntu yet). Interview of the applicant was not completed before the end of the meeting and thus consideration of the application was carried and no vote occurred. -- Cody A.W. Somerville </pre> Cody A.W. Somerville 2012-04-23T20:45:40 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/935 <pre>Technical Board meeting, 2012-04-16 = Attendees = * Martin Pitt * Matt Zimmerman (chair) * Soren Hansen * Stéphane Graber Apologies: Colin Watson = Notes = * There is still confusion over the meeting time because the calendar and the wiki disagree. Meeting time is 2100 UTC and the calendar needs updating. * Matt will take care of updating ~uds-organizers per https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2012-April/001239.html * No other business, short meeting Meeting log: http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2012/ubuntu-meeting.2012-04-16-20.02.log.txt == Next meeting == * 2012-04-30 (soren to chair). </pre> Matt Zimmerman 2012-04-16T20:17:01 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/934 <pre>Another (and probably the last) test rebuild for precise pangolin is currently running on amd64, armhf and i386 (finished for main, universe is still building). The results will show up at [1]. The rebuild is running on the distro buildds, so please be a bit conservative with uploading packages (e.g. really do a successful local build before upload). Please look at the build failures for the packages in the "superseded" section too. It's not guaranteed that these are really fixed. Matthias [1] http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20120328-precise.html </pre> Matthias Klose 2012-04-02T13:43:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/933 <pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Technical Board meeting, 2012-04-02 = Attendees = * Colin Watson * Jonathan Riddell (guest) * Kees Cook * Micah Gersten (guest) * Scott Kitterman (guest) * Scott Lavander (guest) * Soren Hansen * Stéphane Graber (chair) = Notes = == ubuntu studio LTS status for 12.04 == * Ubuntu Studio has been approved for 3-years LTS. * Plan: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/12.04/LTS-Proposal == Kubuntu Future == * Jonathan Riddell wanted to know if the TB had any problem with Kubuntu being sponsored by someone else than Canonical. * The consensus was that there shouldn't be any problem with that as far as the Technical Board is concerned at least. == Next meeting == * 2012-04-16 (mdz to chair). - -- Stéphane Graber Ubuntu developer http://www.ubuntu.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJPeigIAAoJEMY4l01keS1ndOsQAK1HxyNXXVAZ+qEXsJqQ1rfc kMiUxSEZlZayGm2TBCkJLCXD+IVG/krpessxwWPQMRcw+JyZheSKom3k/kUl9Igi kFlxG52CJT/tMpwticvxLMPn+HLpHA/EJCj1Fc6lXVkHynvVcH7i0JxEwv4RkhZM sRFdT6KkaI6oJc2qgleFHZQUbzoJwAqw7HbXJjpF7Q536N29ye23ftApHwDLnR7W EpIzmQfI5W2aOp/9bZBCYzuUWS8U3g9wDtO9Vi2b+Eg7UyGkxIGcR2HYlm+eRf9n bCX8ut4OA7Euw+HX2ZPfESUyl+BAA28u3UHiwhBad9Fg44yE6L2m+Jg7NB6S9Hlu cVReEq92ZBW8koH8NfCTdW3FTwvjq0ys0XdqlDfURE32BeBV+W+dWkPtKB6Coza4 OOWmmvEwDydzxSIzQeGjXPUeF+tVXFKxS0sHxrAHhQdRJz67aXB3uMURMCXCiNs7 rEwJHP1upg2YZLcAyBFSm8OKIiKeD4tJxV8klEBlLaGU2UlkNyHZKxuvj/JdiEVm sw4tTNbwaMnFXVFM7zxsDGFg7nFxWjD2YKEohVW594Sv1rHqBSAcYbRD7drp6uKf sDyKaxgjy6HlmSaPRKq7Gzz7HiQWtrPP65CUVfAQeLmXGCC6EzG0Z2p4aph8P6Dz cyOqw5Wg60SOka6DeexR =c+6v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- </pre> Stéphane Graber 2012-04-02T22:28:24 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/932 <pre>= READ THIS FIRST = This is an experimental process. We aren't yet ready for everyone to use this, but we hope that explaining what's going on will reduce confusion. If you're tempted to do anything interesting with this, please come and talk to the release team on #ubuntu-release so that we can try to minimise the effects of the Law of Unintended Consequences. = Summary = precise-proposed is now open for uploads. Previously, -proposed was only open for stable releases and during hard freezes, but we can now use it during active development as well, and we'll be able to use q-proposed through the whole lifetime of Q development. During active development, uploads to -proposed are automatically accepted and do not require manual approval by archive administrators. Eventually, we would like to use this as a staging area for a substantial fraction of uploads, to try to entirely avoid dependency breakage in the development release. At the moment, though, we only have fairly basic tools for managing -proposed for development releases [1] [2], there are some problems that can arise if dependency chains start stacking up there, and uploads need to be moved to precise by hand; so we aren't yet asking for developers to use it all the time. [1] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html [2] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/testing/precise-proposed_probs.html = When should I use this? = You should normally upload to -proposed if one or more of the following is true: * You are uploading a multi-binary package some of whose binaries will become uninstallable if builds happen at different times on different architectures. (This is working around some known shortcomings in the build toolchain, which we hope will eventually be fixed.) * You are uploading a stack of packages which must all land in the development release at the same time to avoid causing uninstallability. The unity/nux/compiz stack is a good example of this. * You need some kind of special testing performed on the packages in precise-proposed before promoting them to precise. In the first case, you can go ahead and upload to precise-proposed without consultation, and we'll promote your package to precise once it's built everywhere and is installable. In the second and third case, please consult with the release team so that we can make sure it's worthwhile and appropriate, and so that we know not to promote your package before you're finished with any testing you need to do. Thanks, </pre> Colin Watson 2012-04-02T09:55:27 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/931 <pre>The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features but mostly fixing bugs. With Ubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 2 status today. Ubuntu Changes -------------- Some of the key new features available since Beta 1 are: * A new Ubuntu kernel (3.2.0-20.33) which is base on the v3.2.12 upstream Linux kernel. Changes to the default kernel flavours have been made for 12.04 LTS. * Updates to our new way to quickly search and access any desktop application's and indicator's menu, called the HUD, can be accessed by taping the Alt key and entering characters. * LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5.1. * Ubuntu One has a new control panel to provides an installer, setup wizard, ability to add/remove folders to sync, and more Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details. Ubuntu Server and Cloud Images ------------------------------ * 12.04 Beta 2 is shipping the latest milestones of OpenStack Essex (RC1), and will be upgraded to final before release. * Zentyal as well as OpenMPI 1.5 for ARM are now available in Universe. * KVM 1.0 on x86, which enables nested KVM by default, now allows a virtualisation experience within cloud instances. Ubuntu Core ----------- Ubuntu Core is a minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom images, and now includes ARM hard float (armhf) images. Developers can use Ubuntu Core as the basis for their application demonstrations, constrained environment deployments, device support packages, and other goals. Kubuntu ------- Kubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 introduces "Kubuntu Active" as a tech preview, which is a new Ubuntu flavour designed for tablet devices. Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/PrecisePangolin/Beta2/Kubuntu for details. Edubuntu -------- Edubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 ships with improved translations, and updates to the new epoptes and LTSP 5.3 releases. For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 12.04, please refer to http://www.edubuntu.org. Xubuntu ------- Xubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 now has new branding and further appearance tweaks have been made. On i386 hardware, the non-PAE kernel is used to support a wider variety of machines. Pavucontrol is now used over xfce4-mixer. For more information about the changes in Xubuntu 12.04, please go to http://xubuntu.org/. Lubuntu ------- Lubuntu 12.04 has had its artwork updated, and updates made to LightDM. For more information about the changes in Lubuntu 12.04, please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu. Ubuntu Studio ------------- Ubuntu Studio 12.04 Beta 2 live DVD now has a new low latency kernel installed by default. There is better Pulse Audio to JACK bridging, an improved ice1712 mixer and ... the XFCE transition has finished! Mythbuntu --------- Mythbuntu 12.04 Beta 2 contains a pre-release version of MythTV 0.25, which will be updated to final as soon as its available. Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/precise/beta2 for more details on the above products. About Ubuntu ------------ Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away. Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support . If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate . Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs . To Get Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 -------------------------- To upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 from Ubuntu 11.10, follow these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades Or, download Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 images from a location near you: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server) . In addition they can be found at the following links: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server) http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Ubuntu Cloud Images) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Ubuntu DVD, preinstalled ARM images, source) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/beta-2/ (Ubuntu Core) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/12.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Kubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-active/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Kubuntu Active) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Xubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Edubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Ubuntu Studio) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Lubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/ (Mythbuntu) The final version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is expected to be released on April 26, 2012. More Information ---------------- You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our website, IRC channel and wiki. To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-03-29T21:02:02 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/930 <pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is a copy of a message sent to Xubuntu Developers almost a week ago. I am forwarding it so that all those who work with these developers will be aware that I will not be able to answer any questions about Xubuntu during the Q cycle. I will remain involved in Ubuntu and Accessibility. Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:47:02 -0600 From: Charlie Kravetz &lt;cjk&lt; at &gt;teamcharliesangels.com&gt; To: Xubuntu Development Discussion &lt;xubuntu-devel&lt; at &gt;lists.ubuntu.com&gt; Subject: Resignation from Xubuntu Project Due to circumstances now surrounding the Xubuntu Project, I will no longer be able to participate in any capacity. For 18 months as Project Lead, I attempted to keep as many as possible involved with this project. Some of those individuals fought every attempt I made to better the project. Now, having observed the project from the sidelines for almost an entire release cycle, I find those individuals were actually playing some kind of games, for reasons I will never understand. As of the release of Precise Pangolin as Xubuntu 12.04, I am resigning any and all positions with the project. I wish the Xubuntu success in the future. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPbe/EAAoJEFNEIRz9dxbAgG4H/1PPH4X1DPfnzFG8B0jW9qA4 WfnKEX3qI3jItmjeeDRQydPJHA+3GkR6nqlZmBUdOxkWNVnBswA8xanuKFbru9uM bkx+CoPQADrzMtwtpTwEbuhbCDPyN9r6IqDDOAGj5jkd1hmtPcCbsX1ACaiKqioB rjk8t2eYvpfXaEiBdAphmoadi2xO/DOnMz5X6BDpTBwZNVFPYg2hpLE0IHWX46El 8ukxbrGCfBzzT3/MnQlPn7DmxfCLD0974iNcv8obkzrNgd/+0U++p2Yw1PTEjrLT xvSInRl5lDbwzwuYUioIcQ50BoLpniiR3sIw4P2xJuRBIxtnQ8dw8Nyfg5hYXe0= =fhN2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- </pre> Charlie Kravetz 2012-03-24T16:01:08 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/929 <pre>== Meeting summary == Chair: Benjamin Drung Present: Benjamin Drung, Stefano Rivera, Stéphane Graber, Micah Gersten, Iain Lane === MOTU application: Marcin Juszkiewicz === Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarcinJuszkiewicz/DeveloperApplication-MOTU The application was discussed, voted on, and approved; For: 5 Against: 0 Abstained: 0 === Other Business === Next chair: cody-somerville </pre> Benjamin Drung 2012-03-27T21:20:03 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/928 <pre>Technical Board meeting, 2012-03-19 = Attendees = * Kees Cook (chair) * Colin Watson * Matt Zimmerman * Soren Hansen * Stéphane Graber = Notes = * Action review * Soren agreed to send mail regarding meeting time changes from the prior meeting. * Brain storm review * Kees will send email proposing a regular per-devel-cycle time for this to be due. * Next meeting is 2012-04-02 (mdz to chair). -Kees </pre> Kees Cook 2012-03-19T21:32:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/927 <pre>Dear Developers, Beta Freeze[1] now in effect (Thursday, March 22nd). All uploads to the archive and any user user interface changes will now have to be approved manually by the release team. Some may be staged in -proposed before being copied into the release archive, at the discretion of the release team. The documentation team and translation teams will also need to be notified of any further User Interface changes. Dear Documentation writers, The one large piece that hasn't landed, and will impact the interfaces is unity 5.8.0 and some dependent pieces [1]. Since this is after freeze, we'll be using our new staging area, and uploading it to -proposed (hopefully tomorrow), and then moving it over after its checked out. You may want to look at taking screen shots from the version in proposed, or their PPA, or wait until it lands in the release. Thank you for your cooperation, Kate, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetaFreeze [2] https://launchpad.net/unity/+milestone/5.8.0 </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-03-22T21:06:34 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/926 <pre>Dear Developers, As we get ready for the release, its important to know what's done, and what is not going to happen for this release. If you could please take a minute and update your blueprints[1] "Implementation Status" to "Beta Available" or "Complete" in the specifications, as appropriate for those done, it would help us with collecting up the information for the release notes. Thanks for your help with this. Kate Stewart on behalf of Ubuntu Release Team [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+specs </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-03-22T22:01:38 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/925 <pre>Technical Board meeting, 2012-03-05 = Attendees = * Colin Watson (chair) * Matt Zimmerman * Soren Hansen * Stéphane Graber = Notes = * Ubuntu Studio LTS Plan Proposal * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2012-February/001214.html * We asked for more detail on various points, especially active developers and security support, and agreed to follow up by mail. * Opening backports pre-release (redux) * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2012-March/001224.html * We agreed that Evan's desired clarification was in line with what the board had originally intended anyway, and thus did not need further authorisation. * AOB * There was some follow-up discussion regarding who should be responsible for fixing issues with backports uploads carried over to the subsequent development release. Various people suggested various targets, but there seemed to be an informal consensus that uploading a pre-release backport should constitute a promise to deal with the upload to the development release once it opens. * Soren agreed to send mail regarding meeting time changes. * Next meeting is 2012-03-19. </pre> Colin Watson 2012-03-19T19:25:16 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/924 <pre>The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work throughout this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. This release introduces a new set of images for the ARMv7 "hard float" ABI, denoted as armhf. There are still some armel images around, as we finish the migration, but 12.04 for ARM will be based on armhf. The technology that allows GPUs to go into a very low power consumption state when the GPU is idle (RC6) is now enabled by default for Sandy Bridge systems, which should result in considerable power savings when this stage is activated. The CD image size has been adjusted to 703MB to squeeze in every bit of package goodness we can on the installation CD images. With Ubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 1 status today. Ubuntu Changes -------------- Some of the new features now available are: * A new way to quickly search and access any desktop application's and indicator's menu, called the HUD, can be accessed by taping the Alt key and entering characters. * Unity setting can now be configured by the System Setting panel, and Nautilus support has been added to the Unity launcher. * Support for ClickPad devices has been enhanced an now when a button is pressed on the trackpad surface, a second finger may be used to drag the cursor. * The default music player has been switched to Rhythmbox, which again includes the UbuntuOne music store. * LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5 beta 2. Please report any regressions that you notice. * When installing packages through the software center, the corresponding language support packages are now installed automatically as well. Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details. Ubuntu Server and Cloud Images ------------------------------ * Improvements to OpenStack, LXC, and server provisioning have been included. * The identity service (Keystone) used by OpenStack for authentication (authN) and high-level authorization (authZ) was updated to Keystone-light (redux branch). Ubuntu Core ----------- Ubuntu Core is a minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom images, and now includes ARM hard float (armhf) images. Developers can use Ubuntu Core as the basis for their application demonstrations, constrained environment deployments, device support packages, and other goals. Kubuntu ------- Kubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 has updated KDE's plasma and applications to 4.8. In addition other significant changes include: * Telepathy-KDE brings improved instant messaging to Kubuntu, offering easy chat capabilities on Facebook, MSN, GMail and many other services. * Amarok 2.5 has added an MP3 shop and integration with GPodder, an online personal podcast archive. * The Calligra office and creativity suite is now available, featuring Krita the world's best painting app and top MS Office file importers. Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/PrecisePangolin/Beta1/Kubuntu for details. Edubuntu -------- Edubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 now ships the newest upstream version of LTSP 5.3, offering improved support for fat clients and other improvements. Other significant changes include: * Epoptes, the new classroom management software, has an updated user interface. * The Ubiquity slideshow has been updated. * pastebinit and vim are now both installed by default. For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 12.04, please refer to http://www.edubuntu.org. Xubuntu ------- Xubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 now uses the new Ubiquity installer. Other significant changes include: * Alacarte is available by default, and will show all Xfce-related menu items on Xubuntu as well. * New wallpaper and other tweaks and improvements to the looks of Xubuntu are in, including lots of GTK3 fixes for the Greybird theme. For more information about the changes in Xubuntu 12.04, please go to http://xubuntu.org/. Lubuntu ------- Lubuntu 12.04 now uses Lightdm as the display manager with the default gtk greeter. A new software-center optimized for Lubuntu is now available by default as well. For more information about the changes in Lubuntu 12.04, please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu. Ubuntu Studio ------------- Ubuntu Studio 12.04 Beta 1 ships a live DVD for the first time, and is properly configured for the lightdm greeter. The XFCE transition is now almost complete, and there is an updated application set for typical desktop tasks (i.e. text editor, movie player, etc) Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/precise/beta1 for more details on the above products. About Ubuntu ------------ Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away. Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support. If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs. To Get Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 -------------------------- To upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 from Ubuntu 11.10, follow these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades Or, download Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 images from a location near you: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server). In addition they can be found at the following links: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server) http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Ubuntu Cloud Images) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Ubuntu DVD, preinstalled ARM images, source) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/beta-1/ (Ubuntu Core) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/12.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Kubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Xubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Edubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Ubuntu Studio) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/beta-1/ (Lubuntu) The final version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is expected to be released on April 26, 2012. More Information ---------------- You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our website, IRC channel and wiki. To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-03-01T22:21:43 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/923 <pre>Dear Developers, Beta Freeze[1] and User Interface Freeze[2] is now in effect (Thursday, Feb 23rd). All uploads to the archive and any user user interface changes will have to be approved manually by the release team. The documentation team and translation teams will also need to be notified of any further User Interface changes. Thank you for your cooperation, Kate, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetaFreeze [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserInterfaceFreeze </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-02-23T21:28:53 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/922 <pre> Beta freeze for Beta 1 will come into effect in about 8 hours time (23 Feb 2012, 21:00UTC). User Interface freeze is at the same time. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetaFreeze https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserInterfaceFreeze After the freeze and until Beta 1 is out all uploads will have to be approved manually by the release team. User interface changes will need approval by the release team (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release) and notifications to the docs team and translators. We'll be needing beta candidates images over the next week so sign up now http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ Jonathan </pre> Jonathan Riddell 2012-02-23T13:03:26 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/921 <pre>Also available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoard/TeamReports/12/Feburary Chair: Martin Pitt Attendees: Stephane Graber, Soren Hansen Guests: Jono Bacon, Michael Hall, Allison Randal Full log: http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2012/ubuntu-meeting.2012-02-20-21.08.moin.txt == Action review == * Kees to perform brainstorm review → dropped this cycle, next one will already be in March * Laney and wendar to get trademark policy updated wrt remixes → done, see bug 933187 (website will be updated soon, already changed internally) == Can an ARB exception be made allowing Scopes packages to depend on Lens packages in extras == * Lenses/scopes stretch the original idea of the Extras repository a bit, but the ARB considers them appropriate content. * Introducing dependencies into extras will require the ARB to now perform dependency checks and makes it harder to remove software: they will need to remove reverse dependencies as well, introduce automatic reports for consistency checks, i. e. introduce the need for distro-like archive management. * An alternative proposal was made to only use Recommends: and ensure that scope packages will behave gracefully if the corresponding lens disappears. This was deemed to be violating the spirit of the extras repository policy and a workaround. * Resolution: Let the ARB decide if they are willing to do the extra work introduced by allowing this particular case of dependency. The TB will then decide about a proposed amendment to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ExtensionRepositoryPolicy . Martin Pitt p.p. Ubuntu Technical Board </pre> Martin Pitt 2012-02-21T10:00:18 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce/920 <pre>Hello Ubuntu Developers, 2100 UTC has now passed and we are in Feature Freeze[1] for Precise. Many thank yous to those developers who got their tested work in on time! The focus from here until release is on fixing bugs and polishing. Our next upcoming milestone release[2] is Beta 1 on March 1st. Also, earlier today the decision was made that the default ARM architecture for Ubuntu 12.04 will transition to be armhf. The armel architecture will continue to exist but not be the defulat supported architecture. Image builds will be switched to armhf (except for omap3 and ac100 armel community project builds, which will retain compatibility with their respective binary drivers). More information about this transition will be available soon. Thanks, Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseSchedule </pre> Kate Stewart 2012-02-17T01:36:31 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce