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== Agenda == * Status Updates on [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic|Karmic]] |
== Agenda == * Status Updates on [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic|Karmic]] |
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==== Distributed Development ==== * Not much activity as hold on new branches still in place. * Discussions with LP developers about build-from-branch. ==== Daily Builds ==== * Working on a single command to build a bunch of recipes, to make cron easier. ==== Distro Tasks ==== * Squished a nasty D-Bus bug with activation. Thanks to Chris and Scott for their help. * Helped debug the /tmp clearing issue. * Archive admin tasks. * Sponsoring. |
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==== software-center ==== * add basic analysing functionality of the db to identify duplicates in the desktop data (utils/stats.py) * detect duplicated entries and append a (pkgname) in this case (can happen for generic app names like Terminal or System Monitor) * add auto-switching back from the progress view (#431907) * look into 404 handling of thumbs/images with JS/xmlhttp, not a workable solution as the webkit security gets in our way * aptdaemon bug triage * aptdaemon: improving the transaction tester script, * debugging a race when two transaction connectto the debconf socket * add patch for #432607 that hopefully avoids the race with aptdaemon and its debconf frontend * aptdaemon: new upload with fix for debconf race (#432607) * aptdaemon: debug/fix lock bug when the release upgrader is running * Aptdaemon: package new bzr snapshot (lots of fixes, thanks to Sebastian Heinlein) * ensure the UI is kept alive while the auth dialog is up * work on 404 handling and ubuntu branding for not-found images (lp:~mvo/software-center/ubuntu-404) * Software-center: status call * fix duplicated data entries from thunar * general cleanup of the app-install-data duplicates found by the stats.py script (feels like cleaning the stables of Augean) * Aptdaemon: add locking fix, add _syslog_handler crash fix, upload new version * lots of triage/bugfixing in software-center * debug/fix locale.setdefaultlocale bug (#444316) * Debug/fix issues with popcon data for meta-packages that results in poor search results for certain strings like flash ==== update-manager ==== * work on langauage-suppport-translations transition (#439296) * add support for hardy->karmic upgrades (for kubuntu, also useful for early testing of th lts->lts upgrades) * add workaround for -x permission problem on kde * Auto-upgrade tester: add lts-kubuntu profile (for riddell) * commit stepped upgrade functionatlity for the OEM team to lp:~mvo/update-manager/hardy-oem ==== beta ==== * App-install-data-ubuntu update for beta * finally uploaded the app-install-data-ubuntu update, extraction took ages this time, sorry for that. the next cycle should switch to a extract tool based on launchpadlib * Upgrade testing (ubuntu-desktop, server, manual and automatic), putting results into the isotracker * Review/upload new command-not-found data ==== misc ==== * Travel planning/booking to UDS lucid * Look into soyuz bug with a openoffice.org upload that caused a double newline in the Sources.gz (#436182) * fix locking in the extrace_changelog script on rookery * python-apt: work on improved locking * fix kpackagekit crash (#438279) * Merge gnome-codec-installer (in bzr), not uploaded yet * loking into /tmp clean issue #444252 on upgrade ==== sponsoring ==== * Review/sponsor compiz upload with a bunch of fixes |
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* Interview with Foundations Team candidate * Included all USB storage drivers in initramfs. * Worked alongside Colin fixing usplash issues, improving signal handling, making the Upstart job better, etc. * Massive amount of mountall debugging and fixes. Big upload that quashed _most_ of the issues. * Ongoing debugging of sreadahead performance issues. |
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==== Release management ==== * beta release * manually seed libgd2-xpm in the desktop to resolve an edubuntu conflict * FFe processing * publishing fixes for zsync files on releases.ubuntu.com * fixes to UEC test plan links ==== Packages ==== * fix brightness notification on recent thinkpads in hal. (Bug:372874) * debhelper: fixes to make dh_installinit snippets for upstart both robust and policy-compliant * fix boot-time nfs mounting for upstart (Bug:431248), and clean up a few bugs that fell out from this (Bug:364861, Bug:441055, Bug:441855). * fix mutt regression in handling of text/html mime type * software-center build fix (.PHONY vs. debhelper 7) * acpi-support: prune some more redundant code * hdparm, pm-utils: support for respecting /etc/hdparm.conf when setting apm options on power events (Bug:238555) ==== Sponsorship ==== * pm-utils (Bug:437796) * acpi-support * laptop-mode-tools (Bug:384875), because Tormod is awesome ==== Misc ==== * Monday archive duties |
For minutes of previous meetings, please see FoundationsTeam.
Present
RobbieWilliamson - chair
Apologies
Agenda
Status Updates on Karmic
- Ubuntu 9.10 Deliverables
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic#Daily_Builds
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic#Distributed_Development
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic#Copyright_Licensing_for_Packages
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic#Archive_Reorganization_Phase_1
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/ReleaseStatus/Karmic#LTS_Release-Debian_Freeze_Coordination
- Boot
- console messages
- enabling usplash by default
- RC Bugs that folks want to highlight or need help on
- Ubuntu 9.10 Deliverables
- AOB
Actions from this meeting
- Robbie to prioritize RT ticket (#35783), with the important part being screenshots.u.c
- Lars to "dust off the API design he did long ago", and write up a prototype and a sample cli app for querying from the new Debian copyright format
Activity reports
Colin Watson
Evan Dandrea
James Westby
Distributed Development
- Not much activity as hold on new branches still in place.
- Discussions with LP developers about build-from-branch.
Daily Builds
- Working on a single command to build a bunch of recipes,
- to make cron easier.
Distro Tasks
- Squished a nasty D-Bus bug with activation. Thanks to Chris and Scott for their help.
- Helped debug the /tmp clearing issue.
- Archive admin tasks.
- Sponsoring.
Lars Wirzenius
Matthias Klose
Michael Vogt
software-center
- add basic analysing functionality of the db to identify duplicates in the desktop data (utils/stats.py)
- detect duplicated entries and append a (pkgname) in this case (can happen for generic app names like Terminal or System Monitor)
- add auto-switching back from the progress view (#431907)
- look into 404 handling of thumbs/images with JS/xmlhttp, not a workable solution as the webkit security gets in our way
- aptdaemon bug triage
- aptdaemon: improving the transaction tester script,
- debugging a race when two transaction connectto the debconf socket
- add patch for #432607 that hopefully avoids the race with aptdaemon and its debconf frontend
- aptdaemon: new upload with fix for debconf race (#432607)
- aptdaemon: debug/fix lock bug when the release upgrader is running
- Aptdaemon: package new bzr snapshot (lots of fixes, thanks to Sebastian Heinlein)
- ensure the UI is kept alive while the auth dialog is up
- work on 404 handling and ubuntu branding for not-found images (lp:~mvo/software-center/ubuntu-404)
- Software-center: status call
- fix duplicated data entries from thunar
- general cleanup of the app-install-data duplicates found by the stats.py script (feels like cleaning the stables of Augean)
- Aptdaemon: add locking fix, add _syslog_handler crash fix, upload new version
- lots of triage/bugfixing in software-center
- debug/fix locale.setdefaultlocale bug (#444316)
- Debug/fix issues with popcon data for meta-packages that results in poor search results for certain strings like flash
update-manager
- work on langauage-suppport-translations transition (#439296)
add support for hardy->karmic upgrades (for kubuntu, also useful for early testing of th lts->lts upgrades)
- add workaround for -x permission problem on kde
- Auto-upgrade tester: add lts-kubuntu profile (for riddell)
- commit stepped upgrade functionatlity for the OEM team to
- lp:~mvo/update-manager/hardy-oem
beta
- App-install-data-ubuntu update for beta
- finally uploaded the app-install-data-ubuntu update, extraction took ages this time, sorry for that. the next cycle should switch to a extract tool based on launchpadlib
- Upgrade testing (ubuntu-desktop, server, manual and automatic), putting results into the isotracker
- Review/upload new command-not-found data
misc
- Travel planning/booking to UDS lucid
- Look into soyuz bug with a openoffice.org upload that caused a double newline in the Sources.gz (#436182)
- fix locking in the extrace_changelog script on rookery
- python-apt: work on improved locking
- fix kpackagekit crash (#438279)
- Merge gnome-codec-installer (in bzr), not uploaded yet
- loking into /tmp clean issue #444252 on upgrade
sponsoring
- Review/sponsor compiz upload with a bunch of fixes
Scott James Remnant
- Interview with Foundations Team candidate
- Included all USB storage drivers in initramfs.
- Worked alongside Colin fixing usplash issues, improving signal
- handling, making the Upstart job better, etc.
- Massive amount of mountall debugging and fixes. Big upload that
- quashed _most_ of the issues.
- Ongoing debugging of sreadahead performance issues.
Steve Langasek
Release management
- beta release
- manually seed libgd2-xpm in the desktop to resolve an edubuntu conflict
- FFe processing
- publishing fixes for zsync files on releases.ubuntu.com
- fixes to UEC test plan links
Packages
fix brightness notification on recent thinkpads in hal. (372874)
- debhelper: fixes to make dh_installinit snippets for upstart both robust and policy-compliant
fix boot-time nfs mounting for upstart (431248), and clean up a few bugs that fell out from this (364861, 441055, 441855).
- fix mutt regression in handling of text/html mime type
- software-center build fix (.PHONY vs. debhelper 7)
- acpi-support: prune some more redundant code
hdparm, pm-utils: support for respecting /etc/hdparm.conf when setting apm options on power events (238555)
Sponsorship
Misc
- Monday archive duties
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