http://permalink.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 applicatio</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</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 -----------------</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 kM</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 -pro</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. * LibreOf</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</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://la</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</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 </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,</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