Natty Release Cycle (Edubuntu 11.10)

Release Schedule

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyReleaseSchedule

• 2011-05-26: FeatureDefinitionFreeze

• 2011-06-02: Alpha1

• 2011-06-30: DebianImportFreeze

• 2011-07-07: Alpha2
• 2011-08-04: Alpha3

• 2011-08-11: FeatureFreeze

• 2011-08-25: UserInterfaceFreeze, BetaFreeze

• 2011-09-01: Beta1

• 2011-09-15: DocumentationStringFreeze

• 2011-09-29: FinalFreeze

• 2011-10-06: Release candidate
• 2011-10-13: Final Release

Blueprints

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-o-edubuntu

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-o-debian-edu-edubuntu-collaboration

Ubuntu-wide summaries of UDS Natty sessions are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDSProceedings/O/

Tasks and todo items

Key:

[ ] Todo
[i] In Progress
[x] Completed/Wontfix/Closed
[d] Deferred

For Alpha 1

[x] Edubuntu installer options should be translated
[x] Get edubuntu-live into main to have its template import on LP
[x] Translations for ltsp (bugfix in LDM)
[x] Alpha 1 Release announcement, release notes

For Alpha 2

[x] Alpha 1 Release announcement, release notes

For Alpha 3

[ ] Right wallpaper in install-only mode (speak to Evan)
[ ] Add wubi to DVD
[ ] Test tools like sabayon, nanny, pessulus, etc with new generation desktops
[ ] Installer options for additional languages
[ ] LTSP chroot upgrade
[ ] Make LTSP Live translatable
[ ] LDM language setting in Edubuntu installer
[ ] Alpha 3 Release announcement, release notes

For Beta

[ ] Beta Release announcement, release notes

For Release Candidate

[ ] Release Canidate announcement, release notes
[ ] Website Stories, create templates/examples/etc      
    - Stories are user stories from schools/communities/etc
    - Case studies must go on ubuntu.com/education as per discussions with Canonical

For Release

[ ] Edubuntu 11.10 Release Notes / Release Announcement
[ ] Edubuntu 11.10 Installation Guide

Oreinic (Natty+1)

[d] [needs-packaging] http://sourceforge.net/projects/openteacher/
[d] Reduce installer time by fixing package removal issues, get debug trace for bug report (LP: #335596, #
[d] Work on a wizard to be started on the Live and on WebLive (python/glade/webkit)
[d] [needs-packaging] acire (LP: #614045)
[d] [needs-packaging] python snippets (LP: #614060)

Oneiric+1 (Edubuntu 12.04)

Future Plans and Long-term Goals

Make Edubuntu as user friendly and useful as possible!