FoundationsTeam/Meetings/2008/1112

For minutes of previous meetings, please see FoundationsTeam.

Present

Merged: clock-setup, kbd, console-setup, lilo-installer, busybox(including fix for #293586, though that will need to be backported to intrepid), anna, finish-install, netcfg, silo-installer, yaboot-installer, grub-installer, palo-installer, parted, base-files, partman-newworld, partman-crypto, partman-ext3, partman-jfs, partman-xfs, partman-reiserfs, iso-scan (phew)
Some debian-installer bug review, including cleaning up very old daily-installer-* directories from the archive (#40186).
Followed up to upstart/util-linux #273189 with a more detailed description of work to be done (noticed during finish-install merge).
Investigated casper #70566 at some length by way of sponsorship processing; I have a cleaned-up version of the proposed patch in my casper working tree now, but this is likely to need more complex fixes in usplash in order to display non-ASCII characters properly,including perhaps switching to unifont.

Prepared for and presented a usb-creator UbuntuOpenWeek talk (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/UsbCreator).
Added a warning about what operating systems will be removed when selecting the "use entire disk" option in ubiquity. Still needs to be added to the advanced page.
Wrote up instructions on using the Ubuntu USB disks. Still in progress as I need to verify that they do not work on Intel Macs (firmware issue) other than my aging 2006 iMac. If anyone has an Intel Mac, I would greatly appreciate your assistance in this.
Modified ubiquity to notify the user of what operating systems will be deleted if they choose to use the entire disk. I still need to provide proper i18n support for this.
Dropped the timezone setting code from casper as it's unnecessary and resets the time on every reboot in persistent mode. Looking into why update-initramfs is disabled on the Live CD, especially in persistent mode, with the hope of fixing LP: #292159.
Made numerous fixes to usb-creator in preparation for an SRU for Intrepid and a backport for Hardy. Merged with Mario's branch and added i18n support.

Fixes for system-cleaner's many bugs in intrepid, to prepare an SRU. (The upload has now been done, kindly sponsored by Michael Vogt.)

Nov 04 - Nov 07: OOo ESC meeting / OOoCon, planning report
Nov 11: email catch up, catchup on bug reports, openjdk 6b13 build,
- gcc-snapshot update

make apt-check a python module, refactoring the code
- to make it cleaner, remove unneeded output, add --human-readable
Modify update-notifier-kde to work with the latest update-notifier
- apt-check changes so that it can drop its own copy and just can use the one in update-notifier-common (lp:~mvo/update-notifier-kde/mvo)
merge update-motd support from kirkland with some modifications
upload version that will show the amount of upgradable packages
- in the motd
create a branch for a own dist-upgrade notification icon
- (lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/update-notifier/dist-upgrade-notifier)
Remove debian/rules arch-build from update-notifier and use
- the bzr-buildpackage hooks

Work on apturl and add some basic (client side)
- string substitution
Work on apturl and (known) channel adding support for
- known repositories (from app-install-data-commercial)
Refactoring apturl for better UI speperation and cleaner
- code - a qt frontend should be straightforward now
asked for security review of my changes (thanks kees!)
improved whitelisting and stronger checks
upload new apturl

bug triage
mail
Setup jaunty devel environement
boot beatuficaion call and research into it
- (kernel modesetting, plymouth, ...)
draft uds agenda items
sru for app-install-data-commercial
research how to block shutdown during upgrades, would be
- relatively straightforward if gdm would use hal for the shutdown, need to discuss this with seb

FoundationsTeam/Meetings/2008/1112 (last edited 2009-01-06 22:04:49 by ppp-70-246-95-66)