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: * 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 <> == Release targetted bugs being worked on/monitored == under investigation: triaged/in progress: * 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 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 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 ---- CategoryDesktopTeam