CommunityThemes

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Ideas

Meta-Package

A proposal from Jonathan Austin: Package all themes, then take a selection and create a meta-package called 'ubuntu-community-themes' for the ones we want to showcase.

Artist in Chief

Elect or have a leader appointed to facilitate the whole process and ultimately make the final decision of themes for the showcase package. Presence at the UDS could be one criterium for the selection of a leader.

Guidelines for Inclusion

  1. Packaged
  2. Provides unique GTK and Metacity (bonus points for wallpaper, GDM, usplash, etc)
  3. Has a maintainer prepared to handle bugs for this theme through the cycle
  4. Developed by people on the list, or with the explicit collaboration/contact with the original author.

Define milestones and deadlines dates

Example from Jonathan Austin: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/ThemeTeams "We were late to the party back then, and so I think everything should come forward a bit, probably."

  1. Rules of Engagement - to be done by end of UDS
  2. Themes put forward with idea/brainstorm page so other team members can decide which theme to help with
  3. Around alpha 2 get first set of packages done
  4. Alpha 3 ish - Packes in REVU for inclusion in Universe THIS NEEDS TO BE BEFORE UVF Universe!
  5. Official first release in alphas - publicity for testing - we want to be operating with LP bugtrackers for each theme at this stage.
  6. In line with the main distro final deadline we want images/artwork
  7. Finished to leave lots of time for bugfixing, final packaging, quality improvements, etc

Define the decision process

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Planning

Karmic Koala Release Cycle: 135 Days - 10.29.2009

  •   15 Days into Release - 05.14.2009

    • Alpha 1
  •   35 Days into Release - 06.11.2009

    • Alpha 2
  •   65 Days into Release - 07.23.2009

    • Alpha 3
  •   80 Days into Release - 08.13.2009

    • Alpha 4
  •   90 Days into Release - 08.27.2009

    • Feature Freeze
    • Info <!> Artwork First Drop

  •   95 Days into Release - 09.03.2009

    • Alpha 5
  • 100 Days into Release - 09.20.2009
    • User Interface Freeze
    • Info <!> Artwork Second Drop

  • 105 Days into Release - 09.17.2009
    • Alpha 6
  • 110 Days into Release - 09.24.2009
    • Beta Freeze
    • Info <!> Artwork Deadline

  • 115 Days into Release - 10.01.2009
    • Beta Release
  • 130 Days into Release - 10.01.2009
    • Release Candidate


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