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Karmic (9.10) Release Status

Desktop

Focusing on the remaining UI changes, triaged and prioritized at: https://edge.launchpad.net/ayatana/+milestone/ubuntu-9.10-ui-freeze

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dx-karmic-notify-osd

• notify-osd-0.9.21 released and uploaded: minor changes and improvements

• g-p-m patch released (#415932)

• on keyboard brightness - Gnome Power Manager has dropped support for keyboard backlighting and ambient light sensors because DeviceKit-Power, which will replace Hal, doesn't not yet support these features. Upstream regression

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dx-karmic-messaging-menu

• indicator-messages-0.2.2, released in Karmic: UI changes complete, including separators
• libindicate, libindicator, libindicate-qt, libdbumenu: minor changes and bugfixes landed in Karmic

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dx-karmic-fusa

• indicator-session: no new release this week;

• will update PK calls to the v2 API for Beta (#418643)

• new indicator-session release planned next week:

  • to re-enable the user list sub-menu (#422052) - asking for a FFE

• Guest session support is in, but blocked by #404870 (executable bit not set on the script)

• Still some UI regressions on the logout dialog window; tracked and milestoned for BetaFreeze

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/kubuntu-ayatana-integration

• all major integration tasks done

• still adjust rendering of message indicator menu (#423013)

• working with the kubuntu council on the defaults for the message indicator plasmoid

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dx-karmic-gdm-greeter

• new xsplash-0.7.1 in Karmic: minor tweaks; blocked on licensing (see below)

Netbook (UNR)

• All features implemented, focusing on bug fixes and some UI adjustments

• xsplash integration DONE and release

• all milestoned bugs fix released: https://edge.launchpad.net/unr/+milestone/ubuntu-9.10-ui-freeze

Boot Experience

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/karmic-boot-experience

• Foundations work items: most changes now available in the ubuntu-boot PPA
• DX work items:
  • xsplash feature complete, blocked on licensing for uploading with the new assets
  • OS switcher: postponed
  • GDM theming: postponed
• Desktop work items: unblocked on the gdm user list patch
• Design work items: blocked on licensing

Bugs on our radar

Release critical:

• DONE #351527 - "maximus crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()"; released as a patch

• DONE #412601 - "[MIR] indicator-session"; issue resolved; PK calls to be ported to v2 before Beta

• DONE #411530 - "netbook-launcher crashed with SIGSEGV in IAg_cclosure_marshal_VOIDOBJECT() "; released in a new version of clutk (in karmic)

Also of note:

• #420186 - "Broken icon and missing full name" for indicator-session

• DONE #410655 - "netbook-launcher crashed with SIGSEGV in IAg_type_check_instance_is_a()"; fix committed, to be released by Mobile team later today

• INVALID #414704 - "Translations of .desktop files are not loaded"; investigated the issue; turns out its a bug in ubuntu-translations

• #344886 - ""Battery low" notification displays wrong icon, when Human theme is selected"

• #402247 - "Carriage returns in bubble title should be converted to a single space"

• DONE #395298 - "the ubuntu fast user switch changes should be updated to the new gdm version"

• DONE #347382 - "maximus crashed with SIGSEGV in free()"

• DONE #359752 - "maximus crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc()"

• DONE #403763 - "maximus crashed with SIGSEGV in _XReply()"

Others (impact on DX modules):

• #404870 - "No guest session in karmic"

• #383274 - "missing icons for gnome-power-manager"

• #135548 - "Action on critical battery isn't triggered"

• #362893 - "Please fix fi translations of ”Home”, ”Places” and ”Favorite Applications and Places”"

• #348440 - "Text console messages are displayed briefly during shutdown"