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 * Switched precise over to Rhythmbox, dropped banshee/gbrainy/totem/Mono from CDs.
 * More packages got DEP-8 autopkgtest control files now. We now have apport, jockey, upower, postgresql-common now.
 * Update our desktop packages (polkit, accountsservice, jockey, language-selector, etc.) for the admin → sudo group migration. This is now the new preferred "administrator" group, but admin should still be recognized for backwards compatibility (for eternity).
 * Multi-arch-ified GTK 3, so you can start multiarching plugins and dependencies.
 * Started looking into the LightDM KDE greeter: fixed build of the new liblightdm-qt, currently packaging the KDE greeter.
 * Wrote 107 manual Unity tests (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnityTests), fully functionally covering panel, launcher, dash and alt + tab. Some window management interaction is covered as well.
 * new libusb-based USB CUPS backend
 * Improved Plug'n'Print UDEV facility of system-config-printer
 * First printer driver packages using new libjbig are available now: foo2zjs, splix, c2esp
 * Got some quickly/python-distutils-extra fixes and support for the arb team during the app developer week
 * Work in progress on new gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-control-center
 * Continued work on the UI design for Additional Drivers in software-properties
 * Fixed chromium-browser (18.x) FTBFS in quantal
 * Worked on updating chromium-browser to latest in the stable channel, 20.x
 * Libreoffice 3.6 is getting ready for upload in quantal
 * Get a branch ready for merging into Unity, so that Unity uses libatk-bridge.
 * First round of indicators updates in quantal, including new session indicator
 * First round of unity 6 serie updates in quantal, not so many user visible changes but lot of bug fixing and foundation work
 * Working prototype of system compositor + intel driver
 * Experimental lightdm,system compositor work ready to test, see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2012-July/003890.html
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 * We will soon switch to a GLib/Gtk development version (2.31.x / 3.3.x). We'll test this thoroughly, but it might cause some disruption.  * compiz on gsettings
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== Dependencies on other teams, blocking items == == Summary of bugs working on by team (reasonably reliable) ==
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 * Nothing right now.  * No specific list yet for quantal

== Dependencies on other teams to make deliverables, blocking items, release wide concerns? ==

 * None
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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+specs?searchtext=desktop-p- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+specs?searchtext=desktop-q-
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 * For alpha-2: http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-precise/canonical-desktop-team-precise-alpha-2.html
 * Entire cycle: http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-precise/canonical-desktop-team.html		  * For alpha-3 milestone: http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/canonical-desktop-team-quantal-alpha-3
 * Entire cycle: http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/canonical-desktop-team.html
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 * Bug:851612 ''[Logging out from a FUS session does not reliably return to VT7]'': Race condition, no progress at figuring out the cause yet
 * Bug:897680 ''[Precise Desktop 64Bit: libc6 fails to install if "install 3rd party software" is selected]'': Was believed to be fixed for alpha-1, but more duplicates reported. New from this week, TBI.
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 * Bug:857153 ''[Needs to get accessibility settings from GSettings]'': Problem is clear, but has a workaround
 * Bug:805136 ''[accounts window doesn't fit on screen and no scrollbar to show hidden fields]'': No progress this week.
 * Bug:810721 ''[at-spi-registryd crashed with SIGSEGV in gconf_client_get_default()]'': Got fixed in at-spi2 (which is what we use now mostly); fix might be applicable to at-spi as well.
 * Bug:828623 ''[gnome control centre does not allow you to disable the laptop screen while leaving an external DisplayPort connected screen working]'': Only affects some systems; no progress this week
 * Bug:790240 ''[at-spi needs demotion for precise]'': We need to flip openjdk-6/7 to the new at-spi2 adapter, blocker here is just to test whether this actually works. Once that's done, we can move the dependency and demote the rest.
 * Bug:712677 ''[Does not report crashes during "Install Ubuntu" installs]'': No progress this week.		  * Bug:932598 ''[Full hard drive causes xorg and lightdm to fail to load]'': Fixed mountall to create tmpfs /tmp on foll disk, as earlier Ubuntu releases used to do. lightdm still needs a fix.
 * Bug:870297 ''[lightdm logins not being logged in wtmp]'': there is a merge request which went through a first review round
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Patch available, needs testing/uploading: Fix committed, but not uploaded yet:
 * Bug:872701 ''[Keyboard layout doesn't change in screensaver lock dialog]'': there is a fix upstream, should be included in the next gtk upload
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fixed since last report:
 * Bug:786952 ''[Wacom Bamboo Pen - Pressure too sensitive]''		 Fixed since last report:
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##* Details at [[Kubuntu/Todo]] <<Anchor(relnotes)>>

== Cumulative Desktop Release Notes ==
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== 2011-11-18 == === 2012-07-06 ===

 * Wrote some integration tests for different desktop components
 * Improved libusb-based USB CUPS backend a lot
 * A Software Updater redesign landed and the release upgrader was moved to its own package
 * Desktop SRUs for precise
 * Accessibility work unity and unity-panel-service
 * Unity 6.0 and Nux 3.0 release preparation (with the lenses transition).
 * New firefox,thunderbird beta version
 * Work on libreoffice 3.6 beta continued
 * Compiz on gsettings is getting ready
 * Uploaded x1.12 into ubuntu-x-swat/q-lts-backport
 * Working with debian on making libdrm_nouveau new and old abi parallel installable using f17's patch
 * Working upstream on dma-buf synchronisation problem
 * lightdm,system compositor work is ongoing
 * some GNOME updates
 * software-properties port to python3 got uploaded

=== 2012-06-29 ===
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 * Blueprint drafting and approval almost complete (our target was today); work items are almost complete, and everyone individually as well as the total number of work items are below or at the computed/agreed limit.
 * Fixed a couple of bugs in autopkgtest, it's now possible to use for our purposes. Converted the first two packages to DEP-8/autopkgtest for continuous QA integration: upower, apport; more to come. Discussed with Jean-Baptiste how to run these on data center QA machines.
 * Worked on getting Unity test harness and tarmac setup ready to go. Also got 51 manual test cases for Unity acceptance criteria written as a draft, covering panel and launcher for now.
 * Cleanup of GNOME packages, we were able to coordinate with Debian, do a few updates there, and sync a lot.
 * Landed client-side crash signature/duplicate detection in Apport trunk, and discussed integration into Cassandra server with Evan.		 * libreoffice 3.6.0 beta2 pre-released in a ppa for precise and quantal
 * work on "ubuntu drivers" (jockey replacement) continued, including port to python3 (waiting for review)
 * gtk got updated, included new a11y libraries and accessibility on by default
 * xserver 1.12 got uploaded
 * compiz "one tree version" (i.e all the components merged in one source) got upload
 * work is on progress on orca-python3
 * GNOME 3.5 updates
 * update-manager work continued, included reviews and some of changes landing to trunk (should make their way to distro soon)
 * new firefox beta version in quantal including some fixes to our customization changes
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About to land:
 * By next Monday we decide about Banshee vs. Rhythmbox. That particularly affects U1. But porting U1 to GTK3 is already unblocked, as we won't go with a GTK2 Banshee in precise.		 === 2012-06-22 ===
Done:
 * Didier has been sprinting in London with the #ps unity packagers to get them up to speed
 * The new unity SRU round has been prepared and should be uploaded soon
 * The decision has been taken to build unity with gcc-4.6 until the stl abi issues are resolved
 * work on update-manager refresh continued
 * duplicity got updated
 * GTK 3.5 and GNOME updated landed in quantal
 * Desktop updates
 * Bugs fixing and SRUs
 * Improvement to our tracking tools (versions)
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Blockers:
 * Waiting for IS to put Unity tarmac setup into production.
 
== 2011-11-25 ==		 === 2012-06-15 ===
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 * Blueprint drafting and approval fully complete last Monday; work items for everyone individually as well as the total number of work items are below or at the computed/agreed limit.
 * Unity (and related projects) tarmac/branch autolanding is now in effect. First actual tests are in place, although not a lot yet, and the Unity ones are currently failing.
 * Unity manual test plan started, making good progress. (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnityTests)
 * Landed Apport client-side crash signature/duplicate detection.
 * It has been decided to go with Rhythmbox as default music player now, and reevaluate the state of Banshee-GTK3 between alpha-3 and beta-1. Seed changes were applied and uploaded.
 * Ported session-installer to GTK 3 and dropped gnome-codec-install, getting rid of some old libraries.
 * Landed new Zeitgeist, now written in Vala instead of Python. Brings some nice speedups.		  * Ongoing work on hybrid graphics support
 * X.org 1.12 is now available in ubuntu-x-swat/x-stagin
 * Continued on SRUs for precise
 * Updated GNOME a11y stack to latest unstable release
 * Uploaded PulseAudio 2.0 to quantal
 * The next SRU round for the unity stack is being prepared
 * Libreoffice 3.5.4 SRU has been uploaded and is waiting for SRU team review
 * The work on the system compositor advanced enough to start the lightdm work
 * The work for the ui redesign of the third party drivers started
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About to land:
 * For alpha-1 we'll switch to Rhythmbox and drop Tomboy/gbrainy from the CDs.		 === 2012-06-08 ===
Done:
 * firefox and thunderbird 13 have been updated for all supported ubuntu series, work started for the next versions in quantal
 * Libreoffice 3.6.0-beta1 is getting ready for quantal (in a ppa for the moment)
 * Update Manager got a slightly new look, more to come in the future
 * GNOME 3.5 updates in quantal
 * The team continued on merges and python3 porting
 * The system compositor work is seeing some good progresses
 * Unity build issues on quantal are being investigate (the build issue have fixes available but unity,nux segfaults when building with the new gcc, that's being investigated)
 * Some SRUs for precise
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Blockers:
 * Nothing right now.		 === 2012-06-01 ===

Done:

 * Specs writing is done
 * Continued on SRUs for precise
 * Good progresses on the third party drivers installation spec
 * New firefox (13) and thunderbird are ready for the coming release
 * Got firefox to build with the quantal toolchain
 * Libreoffice 3.5.4 SRU is ready for upload
 * Work on xorg for lts point release updates continued
 * compiz got refactored to be only one source rather than five, the packaging got updated and the new version is finally building

=== 2012-05-25 ===

Done:

 * Catchup after UDS
 * Specs writing
 * Started quantal work, merges, some updates
 * Some SRUs for precise

This page keeps track of the current release status of the Desktop Team.

What was done engineering wise?

  • new libusb-based USB CUPS backend
  • Improved Plug'n'Print UDEV facility of system-config-printer
  • First printer driver packages using new libjbig are available now: foo2zjs, splix, c2esp
  • Got some quickly/python-distutils-extra fixes and support for the arb team during the app developer week
  • Work in progress on new gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-control-center
  • Continued work on the UI design for Additional Drivers in software-properties
  • Fixed chromium-browser (18.x) FTBFS in quantal
  • Worked on updating chromium-browser to latest in the stable channel, 20.x
  • Libreoffice 3.6 is getting ready for upload in quantal
  • Get a branch ready for merging into Unity, so that Unity uses libatk-bridge.
  • First round of indicators updates in quantal, including new session indicator
  • First round of unity 6 serie updates in quantal, not so many user visible changes but lot of bug fixing and foundation work
  • Working prototype of system compositor + intel driver

  • Experimental lightdm,system compositor work ready to test, see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2012-July/003890.html

What's about to land that might impact the other teams?

  • compiz on gsettings

Summary of bugs working on by team (reasonably reliable)

  • No specific list yet for quantal

Dependencies on other teams to make deliverables, blocking items, release wide concerns?

  • None

Blueprints

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+specs?searchtext=desktop-q-

Burndown and spec completion levels:

Release targetted bugs being worked on/monitored

under investigation:

triaged/in progress:

  • 932598 [Full hard drive causes xorg and lightdm to fail to load]: Fixed mountall to create tmpfs /tmp on foll disk, as earlier Ubuntu releases used to do. lightdm still needs a fix.

  • 870297 [lightdm logins not being logged in wtmp]: there is a merge request which went through a first review round

Fix committed, but not uploaded yet:

  • 872701 [Keyboard layout doesn't change in screensaver lock dialog]: there is a fix upstream, should be included in the next gtk upload

Fixed since last report:

Cumulative Desktop Release Notes

Archive of previous weekly summaries

2012-07-06

  • Wrote some integration tests for different desktop components
  • Improved libusb-based USB CUPS backend a lot
  • A Software Updater redesign landed and the release upgrader was moved to its own package
  • Desktop SRUs for precise
  • Accessibility work unity and unity-panel-service
  • Unity 6.0 and Nux 3.0 release preparation (with the lenses transition).
  • New firefox,thunderbird beta version
  • Work on libreoffice 3.6 beta continued
  • Compiz on gsettings is getting ready
  • Uploaded x1.12 into ubuntu-x-swat/q-lts-backport
  • Working with debian on making libdrm_nouveau new and old abi parallel installable using f17's patch
  • Working upstream on dma-buf synchronisation problem
  • lightdm,system compositor work is ongoing
  • some GNOME updates
  • software-properties port to python3 got uploaded

2012-06-29

Done: * libreoffice 3.6.0 beta2 pre-released in a ppa for precise and quantal

  • work on "ubuntu drivers" (jockey replacement) continued, including port to python3 (waiting for review)
  • gtk got updated, included new a11y libraries and accessibility on by default
  • xserver 1.12 got uploaded
  • compiz "one tree version" (i.e all the components merged in one source) got upload
  • work is on progress on orca-python3
  • GNOME 3.5 updates
  • update-manager work continued, included reviews and some of changes landing to trunk (should make their way to distro soon)
  • new firefox beta version in quantal including some fixes to our customization changes

2012-06-22

Done:

  • Didier has been sprinting in London with the #ps unity packagers to get them up to speed
  • The new unity SRU round has been prepared and should be uploaded soon
  • The decision has been taken to build unity with gcc-4.6 until the stl abi issues are resolved
  • work on update-manager refresh continued
  • duplicity got updated
  • GTK 3.5 and GNOME updated landed in quantal
  • Desktop updates
  • Bugs fixing and SRUs
  • Improvement to our tracking tools (versions)

2012-06-15

Done:

  • Ongoing work on hybrid graphics support
  • X.org 1.12 is now available in ubuntu-x-swat/x-stagin
  • Continued on SRUs for precise
  • Updated GNOME a11y stack to latest unstable release

  • Uploaded PulseAudio 2.0 to quantal

  • The next SRU round for the unity stack is being prepared
  • Libreoffice 3.5.4 SRU has been uploaded and is waiting for SRU team review
  • The work on the system compositor advanced enough to start the lightdm work
  • The work for the ui redesign of the third party drivers started

2012-06-08

Done:

  • firefox and thunderbird 13 have been updated for all supported ubuntu series, work started for the next versions in quantal
  • Libreoffice 3.6.0-beta1 is getting ready for quantal (in a ppa for the moment)
  • Update Manager got a slightly new look, more to come in the future
  • GNOME 3.5 updates in quantal
  • The team continued on merges and python3 porting
  • The system compositor work is seeing some good progresses
  • Unity build issues on quantal are being investigate (the build issue have fixes available but unity,nux segfaults when building with the new gcc, that's being investigated)
  • Some SRUs for precise

2012-06-01

Done:

  • Specs writing is done
  • Continued on SRUs for precise
  • Good progresses on the third party drivers installation spec
  • New firefox (13) and thunderbird are ready for the coming release
  • Got firefox to build with the quantal toolchain
  • Libreoffice 3.5.4 SRU is ready for upload
  • Work on xorg for lts point release updates continued
  • compiz got refactored to be only one source rather than five, the packaging got updated and the new version is finally building

2012-05-25

Done:

  • Catchup after UDS
  • Specs writing
  • Started quantal work, merges, some updates
  • Some SRUs for precise

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