gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.announce

Call for testing of 2.6.27 kernel in Intrepid

Ben Collins — 2008-08-28T14:24:47

As you may have noticed, we've moved to a 2.6.27 kernel in Intrepid this week. We'd like to ask everyone to really give it a good kicking around to ensure we aren't introducing major regressions from 2.6.26. If you have problems with this kernel, and the problem doesn't exist in 2.6.26, please note that in any bug reports you file. Thanks from the Ubuntu Kernel Team

Hug Day!!

Dereck Wonnacott — 2008-08-27T22:18:13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fellow Ubuntu Lovers! Its me again, giving your spam filters the slip, and you know what that means, this week's HUG DAY! This week's target is *drum roll please* Thunderbird! * 39 New bugs need a hug * 36 Confirmed bugs just need a review Bookmark it, add it to your calenders, turn over your egg-timers! * Thursday August 28th * http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20080828 Can't stress it enough: everyone can help! * BLOG IT! * Member of bug control? I think you know what to do. *poke* * If you're new to all this, head to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs Make a difference: Join the Hug Day on Thursday. We will be in #ubuntu-bugs (FreeNode) all day and night, and will be ready to answer your questions about how to help. My handle is Awsoonn so please say hi! Have a awesome day, Dereck Wonnacott (from the BugSquad) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFItdKlMbyzSbPQbJgRAjLFAJ954XD7khVSRBPXPdlehVN9kRUwFwCeKGYO 8YaiIQpb9KJNU4UOtuQpx08= =HYFp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Feature Freeze this Thursday

Steve Langasek — 2008-08-27T07:13:17

Dear Developers, This is a short, but pointed, reminder that Feature Freeze is scheduled for this Thursday, August 28. This means that all of your Intrepid-targeted specs should be either at Beta Available or Postponed by the end of day on Wednesday. Please make sure to update the status of your specs. You should check that packages you care about are at a version suitable for release. Requests for freeze exceptions for main should be filed as bugs in Launchpad against the relevant package (or just "Ubuntu" if the package is not available yet). Once the bug is filed and the necessary information is available, please subscribe the ubuntu-release team. For universe, the motu-release team will approve new packages and upstream version freeze exceptions between now and the Beta. Please see this wiki page for full details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess Cheers, -- Steve Langasek On behalf of the Ubuntu release team

Second Ubuntu Developer Week announced!

Daniel Holbach — 2008-08-27T06:44:24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody, I'm extremely pleased to announce the second Ubuntu Developer Week! From Sep 1st to Sep 5th we're going to have a great time in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. Digg It: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Second_Ubuntu_Developer_Week_announced There are Wiki docs, MOTU Videos, MOTU Interviews and we're seeing more and more contributors each day. This is all good and well, but there's nothing like talking to real people, asking real questions in a real-time environment. The Ubuntu Developer Week is designed to give you an overview of what's going on in the Ubuntu Developer world. Speak to the developers, learn, ask questions and finally realise "It’s true, I *can* make a difference by helping out here." Check out the timetable, the session details and how to join in at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek Have a great day and see you next week! Daniel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFItPfIRjrlnQWd1esRAtm4AJsFiuZtEnuwgVPox5rB9c4A63ImwwCdG0Th zpRtd8fXNDH5kssZICLQ+Ow= =tJzQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Minutes from the Technical Board meeting, 2008-08-26

Matt Zimmerman — 2008-08-26T14:43:12

Board members: Mark Shuttleworth, Matt Zimmerman Apologies: Scott James Remnant (holiday) Attendees: Oliver Grawert, Emmet Hikory == Status of cdrtools discussion == Mark has offered to obtain a legal opinion from the Software Freedom Law Center, on the condition that Joerg Schilling will agree up front to accept their determination. We are waiting for Joerg to respond to this proposal. Mark suggested that we also involve Sun in the discussion, as they are shipping cdrtools. Action: Mark to contact Sun legal regarding cdrtools == Gobby co-maintenance with Debian == Philipp Kern, upstream developer and Debian maintainer of gobby, and MOTU, is interested in helping to maintain gobby in Ubuntu main. We agreed that this is reasonable, and that Phillipp's existing qualifications are sufficient to grant upload privileges. Action: Matt to arrange upload rights for gobby for pkern == Revisiting limited upload privileges for kernel and printing packages == The Technical Board granted core-dev privileges to two developers (Tim Gardner and Till Kamppeter) interested in working with specific packages in main, with the proviso that they were to follow standard sponsorship processes for other packages. Now that Launchpad has the capability to implement this type of access control directly, we agreed to transition these developers from ubuntu-core-dev to per-package upload rights. Action: Matt to follow up with Tim and Till == Board membership/nominations == The Technical Board is in search of new members, and suggestions from the community have been received and reviewed. The next step is to contact the top candidates (most were suggested by third parties) and ask whether they are willing to serve in the position. Action: Mark to contact the candidates and confirm their interest

Launchpad 2.1.8: Bugzilla and Trac plugin beta now open,plus karma for commits

Matthew Revell — 2008-08-21T14:05:04

We in the Launchpad team are proud to announce the 21st August 2008 release of Launchpad 2.1.8! This release brings two items of good news for anyone who commits code to branches registered in Launchpad: * Karma for commits: Launchpad now awards karma for code commits to project branches. * Feeds of each person's code commits: as well as a feed that shows which branches you work on, Launchpad now gives you a feed of all the commits you've made to branches in Launchpad. To subscribe to someone's branch commits feed, go to their code overview page - visit https://code.launchpad.net/people/+me for your own - and click the feed icon in your browser's address bar. There's more about karma for commits in our blog post: http://news.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/karma-for-commits Bugzilla and Trac plugin beta now open --------------------------------------- Sharing the same bug report and comment history between communities is one of Launchpad's most useful features. With the beta of our new plugins for Bugzilla and Trac now open, projects who run their own external bug trackers can now also share bug comment histories with Launchpad. Graham Binns from the Launchpad Bugs team blogs about how to take part in the beta, if you run a Bugzilla or Trac instance: http://news.launchpad.net/?p=115 Regular updates on the Launchpad API beta ------------------------------------------ If you're following the beta of the Launchpad API, you can now get regular updates on what's new from Leonard Richardson, one of the Launchpad team working on the API. Leonard's posts are in the Launchad News blog's API category: http://news.launchpad.net/category/api Full details of Launchpad 2.1.8 -------------------------------- Full details of the features and bug fixes that went into this release are on the Launchpad 2.1.8 milestone page: https://launchpad.net/launchpad-bazaar/+milestone/2.1.8 If you come across any bugs in Launchpad, please report them here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+filebug We'll be releasing Launchpad 2.1.9 on the 17th September. In the mean time, join us each Thursday at 18.00 UTC in #launchpad-meeting on Freenode for the Launchpad team meeting and also any time on the launchpad-users mailing list: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users

"Intrepid Ibex" Alpha-4 released

Martin Pitt — 2008-08-14T10:48:40

Hug Day!!

Dereck Wonnacott — 2008-08-13T05:13:20

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fellow Ubuntu Lovers! This week's target is *drum roll please* TARGET! * 35 New bugs need a hug * 28 Confirmed bugs just need a review Bookmark it, add it to your calenders, turn over your egg-timers! * Thursday August 14th * http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20080814 Can't stress it enough: everyone can help! BLOG IT! Especially those on the Planet! There are people who want to help but don't know how and sit on the sidelines of the blog-o-sphere reading; I need your help to get those eyes from blogs to bugs. Let us combine blog-powers to educate, "Bug work is a fun way to get involved!" I think the best effect will be if we coordinate together in our blogs: * Publish about the Hug Day Thursday July 03rd to get everyone excited. * Hug some bugs and add yourself to the HugDay's wiki for your readers! Make a difference: Join the Hug Day on Thursday the 14th. We will be in #ubuntu-bugs (FreeNode) all day and night, and will be ready to answer your questions about how to help. If you're new to all this, head to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs Have a nice day, ~Dereck (from the BugSquad) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIom1wMbyzSbPQbJgRAtXHAKCx/tcdjTXny1XO/4dh7tn4HkSYawCgzC1R tR3c/Pzcq6J9AIXY5L55XME= =HSQl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Minutes from the Technical Board, 2008-07-29

Matt Zimmerman — 2008-08-11T10:55:56

The Technical Board met for a regularly scheduled session[0] on 2008-07-29. Members Matt Zimmerman, Mark Shuttleworth and Scott James Remnant were in attendance. == cdrtools == A discussion is ongoing between Joerg Schilling and the Technical Board regarding the proposed reinclusion of cdrtools in Ubuntu. Many emails have been exchanged, but progress toward consensus is slow. Nothing new to report as yet. == Footnotes == [0] MootBot summary and log: http://www.novarata.net/mootbot/meetinglogs/ubuntu-meeting.20080729_0901.html

Minutes from the Technical Board, 2008-07-15

Matt Zimmerman — 2008-08-11T10:52:25

The Technical Board met for a regularly scheduled session[0] on 2008-07-15. Members Matt Zimmerman, Mark Shuttleworth and Scott James Remnant were in attendance. == cdrtools == Joerg Schilling has initiated a discussion with the Technical Board about the possible re-inclusion of cdrtools in Ubuntu. cdrtools was removed from Ubuntu 8.04 and later[1] due to concerns which were raised regarding its licensing. Decision: Further discussion is required to clarify the issues Action: Mark will speak with Joerg at OSCON to discuss == DKMS == DKMS was moved into main, which meant that Mario Limonciello was no longer able to maintain it, as he is not a core developer. Launchpad is now capable of granting upload privileges on a per-package basis, and it was agreed that we would use this as an opportunity to test that functionality. If this trial is successful, this arrangement may be used more widely. Decision: Agreed to try per-package upload privileges Action: Matt to make it so == Filesystem checking / AutoFsck == A suggestion was made to the technical board that Ubuntu could be smarter about how and when it performs filesystem integrity checks (fsck). Decision: This should be discussed more widely in the developer community Action: Scott to start a thread on ubuntu-devel/-discuss == Technical Board membership == The Technical Board is seeking nominations for new members. According to our founding documents, "Appointments to the board are made by Mark Shuttleworth subject to confirmation by a vote amongst the maintainers." Decision: Solicit nominations from the community Action: Mark to solicit nominations on an appropriate mailing list[2] Action: Matt to update http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard to reflect the current composition of the board[3] == Footnotes == [0] MootBot summary and log: http://www.novarata.net/mootbot/meetinglogs/ubuntu-meeting.20080715_0911.html [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrtools/+bug/177154 [2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-July/025804.html [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/248729

network manager 0.7 bug reporting + 3G (hardware) testing

Alexander Sack — 2008-08-11T13:46:38

Hi, One of the important features we want to support in intrepid is out-of-the-box 3g support [0]. Now that Network Manager 0.7 has entered the archive, I’d like to to ask you to test your 3g hardware with it and report your findings to the 3G Hardware page on the wiki [1]. We want to hear about all results – good and bad ones. Just remember to open a bug in launchpad and link it to your result on that wiki page. How to test ------------- If you are running intrepid, you just need to apt-get upgrade to get the current network-manager 0.7. Alternatively, you can also use the Network Manager PPA [2] which usually has even more recent snapshots in it. If you are using hardy, the PPA [2] is currently the only source to track network manager 0.7 progress in ubuntu. Furthermore, the daily intrepid livecd's [3] come with NetworkManager 0.7. Please test them as well. Known issues -------------- 1. We have dropped all driver tweaks for now. This means you most likely see regressions with orinoco and madwifi/ath drivers. 2. /etc/network/interfaces is currently not recognized. Better remove all entries (except the “iface lo” one) from it to avoid confusing behavior. The long term idea is to provide legacy backend for network-manager that parses your /etc/network/interfaces as good as possible. If thats not enough for some you probably will have to uninstall network-manager. In case our legacy backend will not reach a stable enough state for intrepid, we might go back to the dumb “blacklisting” approach we used in hardy. 3. network manager applet has no UI to disconnect a particular interface. So do not get confused if you suddenly are connected to wired and wireless at the same time. 4. VPN plugins are not yet available. I added an initial package for the openvpn plugin to the Network Manager PPA [2] (intrepid only) for now. Once I have good feedback I will do the same for the other vpn variants and eventually upload those packages to the real archive. How to report bugs -------------------- To file a bug [4], please follow the instructions below: In general, Network Manager 0.7 bugs should have the word “0.7” in their bug summary; in this way I can easily filter them out. If you encounter connectivity issues with Network Manager 0.7 and your wifi/wired setup, please attach your complete syslog taken after you reproduced your issue. If you see crashes of the daemon, please install the dbgsym packages locally (libnm-glib0-dbgsym, libnm-util0-dbgsym, network-manager-dbgsym), reproduce the crash and attach the stacktrace that gets dumped to syslog to the bug. If you are having 3g issues, please attach the complete output of lshal as well. Please remember to search the current network-manager bugs [5] to avoid filing duplicates. However, if in doubt, open a new bug rather than adding information to potential duplicates. Just name the bug you think you might see a dupe off in your new bug; we will sort them out properly. [0] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/3GNetworkingIntrepid [1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkManager/Hardware/3G [2] - http://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive [3] - http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/daily-live/ [4] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+filebug [5] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager ( fwiw, I also blogged this here: http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/149-Network-Manager-0.7-bug-reporting-+-3G-hardware-testing.html ) - Alexander

Intrepid Alpha-4 ahead

Martin Pitt — 2008-08-10T13:21:27

Hug Day!!

Dereck Wonnacott — 2008-08-05T21:42:47

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's me again, filling you inbox with what I know you've been waiting for, this week's HUG DAY info!! This week's target is *drum roll please* Grub! * 116 New bugs need a hug * 50 Confirmed bugs need a quick review Grub is the program that takes care of booting your computer. A bug in grub can leave a system in an unusable state, and leave a bad taste in the mouths of new users. Lets squash bugs! Bookmark it, add it to your calenders, turn over your egg-timers! * Thursday August 07th * http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20080807 Can't stress it enough: everyone can help! Bug Control Members! There are tons of confirmed bugs here that can't go further without YOU! Make a difference: Join the Hug Day on Thursday the 7th. We will be in #ubuntu-bugs (FreeNode) all day and night, and ready to answer your questions about how to help. If you're new to all this, head to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs ~Dereck (from the BugSquad) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFImMlXMbyzSbPQbJgRAoq+AJ40VKOCVMyqALcpqmQ9waARPI1xIwCfVIjW IXnTgQR4g+jgKhRIlBTaEng= =6LIQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

SRU verifications needed

Jordan Mantha — 2008-08-07T20:17:57

Hi all, The number of stable release updates sitting in -proposed is getting larger [0]. Thank you to all of you who worked on getting SRU bug fixes prepared and uploaded! Packages in -proposed are ready to be moved to -updates after one week in -proposed and 2 positive verifications (as comments in the bug report) and no negatives. This means verification is often the bottleneck and why we're asking for help. A short howto is: 1) read the SRU bug report and verify that you can reproduce the bug. Many reports should have explicit test cases you can follow. 2) install the package(s) from -proposed 3) repeat step 1 and verify that the bug is fixed 4) add both positive and negative results on the SRU bug report If you have any questions on SRU verifications please ask in #ubuntu-testing. Steve Beattie (sbeattie) is our SRU rock star and would love to help. -Jordan Mantha (on behalf of the Ubuntu QA team) [0] http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html

Ubuntu release team IRC meetings: Friday, Aug 8 < at > 1500 UTC

Steve Langasek — 2008-08-06T05:34:34

Dear developers, In order to streamline communications across the many timezones in which Ubuntu development takes place, we will be holding regular release meetings on IRC in the run-up to each Intrepid milestone. These meetings are planned for the Friday before each milestone, starting this Friday from 1500 to 1630 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting on freenode. Meeting times will be kept up-to-date in the usual calendaring places (fridge.ubuntu.com, #ubuntu-meeting topic). Minutes from a "kick-off" meeting last Friday can also be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2008-07-31 Cheers,

Java related changes in intrepid

Matthias Klose — 2008-07-30T14:23:51

Recently Openjdk6 was promoted to main; with today's upload of java-common, OpenJDK6 is the default java runtime / development kit in main, on all architectures. - On amd64, i386, lpia and sparc, the Hotspot VM, including the JIT compiler is used as the VM. - On ia64, the Hotspot VM, using the byte code interpreter is used. - On powerpc, the Cacao VM, including the Cacao JIT compiler is used as the VM. What will change for the packaging? - Use of the default-jre-headless, default-jre, default-jdk, default-jdk-builddep packages is preferred in favour of a specific runtime/jdk. The packages provide a symlink /usr/lib/jvm/default-java to point to our preferred choice of jvm/sdk. - build dependencies: If a source package builds a "-gcj" package, don't stop building it yet. This will slow down the gij runtime. Instead, use "default-jdk-builddep", which depends on the default jdk and java-gcj-compat-dev. If no "-gcj" package is built, use default-jdk as a build dependency. - dependencies: For a dependency, which doesn't require an UI, use default-jre-headless | java2-runtime-headless for all other dependencies, use default-jre | java2-runtime Replace java2- with java5- only if newer language features are required. For intrepid we strive to replace all direct references to java-gcj-compat-dev and java-gcj-compat with references to default-*. Matthias

Intrepid Alpha 3 released

Steve Langasek — 2008-07-25T06:32:44

Hello Ubuntu developers, Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Pre-releases of Intrepid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Intrepid development cycle. The Alpha images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Intrepid. You can download it here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/intrepid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/intrepid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu Education Edition) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/intrepid/alpha-3/ (Kubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/intrepid/alpha-3/ (Xubuntu) See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors. Alpha 3 includes a number of software updates that are ready for large-scale testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha3 for information on changes in Ubuntu. This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a list of known bugs (that you don't need to report if you encounter), please see: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha3 If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop Hardy, have a look at the intrepid-changes mailing list: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/intrepid-changes We also suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list if you're interested in following Ubuntu development. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce Bug reports should go to the Ubuntu bug tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu Enjoy,

Bug Day - Thursday July 24, 2008

Nick Ellery — 2008-07-22T21:42:39

Main frozen for Alpha 3

Steve Langasek — 2008-07-22T20:05:44

Hi everyone, We're two days before the scheduled release of Intrepid Alpha 3, so the milestone "freeze" is now in effect. Please take care that any packages that you upload to main between now and the Alpha 3 release will help us in the goal of a high quality and timely alpha, and hold any disruptive or unnecessary uploads until after the alpha is out. Again, this means the primary focus should be on resolving these bugs: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/intrepid-alpha-3 The number of bugs targeted to this early milestone is still quite small, but there's plenty of other work to be done in getting the archive in a consistent state so that we don't have uninstallable packages for the alpha-3 milestone: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/PackageArchive#Consistency Remember that this is a "soft" freeze, so you are each responsible for making sure your uploads are appropriate - Launchpad will not be your safety net. Packages that are not seeded on the CDs (i.e., most packages in universe, with the exception of UbuntuStudio[1] and Xubuntu[2] packages) may be uploaded as usual. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek On behalf of the Ubuntu release team [1] https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntustudio.intrepid [2] https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/xubuntu.intrepid

Alpha 3 freeze ahead

Steve Langasek — 2008-07-18T18:30:49

Dear Ubuntu developers, The expected release date of Intrepid Alpha 3 is next Thursday, July 24. Intrepid Alpha 3 will again use a "soft freeze" for main[1]. This means that developers are asked to refrain from uploading packages between Tuesday and Thursday which don't bring us closer to releasing the alpha, so that these days can be used for settling the archive and fixing any remaining showstoppers. The (quite short) list of bugs targeted for alpha-3 can be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.milestone%3Alist=1321 Per a previous announcement on this list[2] and the policy at , this list is used for tracking bugs that are blockers for the alpha 3 milestone. If you know of other bugs that should be considered blockers, please nominate them for release and set the milestone target for those bugs. If you have questions about whether a bug should be considered a blocker, please contact a member of the release team[3]. And of course, please also consider helping with the bugs already listed there if you have the time. Beyond that short list of bugs that are blockers for Alpha 3, we have those bugs that are listed as release-critical for intrepid as a whole: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs If you aren't among the small group of people who have milestoned bugs assigned to you, please consider helping with those bugs, using your best judgement with regard to the alpha freeze when uploading fixes. Please also help us to get the archive in a consistent state again for the alpha, as described on . Finally, if you know of new features in Intrepid that you think should be highlighted for Alpha 3, let me or another member of the release team know so that they can be added to the technical overview at . Cheers,

keeping track of regressions during the development cycle

Steve Langasek — 2008-07-17T10:21:51

Dear developers, From time to time in the course of a development cycle, it's necessary to make changes of a temporary nature that should be revisited and (hopefully) reverted before the final release. In order for the project as a whole to be better able to track such changes, it would be a good idea to have a consistent policy for how these bugs will be represented in Launchpad. The proposed policy is that these bugs should be tracked as release-critical bugs: nominated for the release, and targeted to the milestone before which the change needs to be reviewed. This policy has been documented on and on . As usual, please send any feedback to ubuntu-devel / ubuntu-devel-discuss. Thanks,