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Agenda

  • Lightning Round
    • 2-4 sentences on current work/roadblocks
  • Outstanding actions from last meeting

Outstanding actions from last meeting

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Actions from this meeting

Chair for next meeting

Activity reports

Barry Warsaw

I was off last Wednesday so it was a short week for me.

I worked on packaging a Python library not currently in Ubuntu from scratch, and got it successfully built in my PPA. I update the Python distribute package from Debian, got that successfully built in my PPA, and submitted a merge proposal for updating Lucid. I did both using the UDD method, sent an email of the experience to the mailing list and updated the wiki pages.

I spent some time reading up on the dh_python thread in debian-python, made some responses, and worked on my own fat byte-compilation file PEP.

I also did some planning for Pycon.

Colin Watson

  • Finished grub2 merge.
  • Fixed d-i build failures following switch to eglibc 2.11.
  • Fixed partman-base #507059 (infinite loop; regression from performance work).
  • ubiquity fixes for frozen choices (another regression from performance work).

  • Reviewed and merged Kees' openssh patch to add DebianBanner configuration option (Debian #562048).

  • foundations-lucid-reliable-device-id-in-grub:
    • Resurrected some old work on removing grub-installer's reliance on device.map, using grub-probe etc.
    • Resurrected old work on storing grub-pc/install_devices as persistent by-id device names. Sent to Debian for feedback; rewarded by being given commit access, so apparently I get to decide for myself. I'd like to see how it works with dmraid before committing.
  • TB meeting (chaired).

Evan Dandrea

  • Added support to ubiquity for generating AppArmor's cache to speed up the first boot.

  • Released a new ubiquity-slideshow, which now has a Kubuntu variant, thanks to Roman and Dylan. Added the Kubuntu slideshow to the seeds.
  • Fixed use of printf in casper that was preventing GDM from starting properly.
  • Added xkb-data-i18n to the pkgbinarymangler striptranslations blacklist on the advice of pitti.
  • Arranged Pycon attendance.
  • Briefly chatted with David Bensimon about him taking on a bug contact role for usb-creator, and helping in testing Wubi. Had some further chats with him on particular usb-creator issues.
  • Fixed a small bug in ubiquity's new network configuration copying code that was breaking automated installs.
  • Tested and committed a patch from Colin for handling plymouth in ubiquity's display manager.
  • Brought the KDE frontend's slideshow handling into line with the GTK frontend.
  • Worked on merging Debian's console-setup translation code into Ubuntu console-setup and ubiquity. Done and waiting for a merge review.
  • CD testing. Ran into bug 506996.
  • Ran into a number of odd resets shortly after initial boot, and then X failing to start up properly. Martin pointed me at the fix, but it ate up a good chunk of the morning.
  • Added some initial review to the ubiquity design document.
  • Built and uploaded a new Wubi as we haven't had any on the Lucid CDs yet.
  • Finished the "remove oem-config on successful completion" work item.
  • Fire-fighting bug 506585 (deleting a partition in ubiquity doesn't work) with Colin.
  • Call with Colin and OEM services to discuss foundations-lucid-oem-dvd-iso.

Gary Lasker

Software Center

  • Finished code to maintain app selection for all
    • cases when the list view is refreshed. Some misc small fixes. Branch reviewed by mvo and merged.
  • Working on additional performance and user experience
    • improvements for app reselect.
  • Some bug work and triage.
  • Weekly call with mvo and mpt.

General

  • Time allocation: Platform 70%, OEM 30%.
  • OEM engineering meeting.
  • Foundations team meeting.

James Westby

Loïc Minier

Misc

  • Discussed/spec-ed pbuilder profile support with Osamu Aoki on the pbuilder list
  • Sent patch to fix mk-build-deps -i with aptitude
  • After a system hang while upgrading libc6, my laptop wouldn't boot; as a result I went to check debsums for all installed packages and noticed that one was broken and a bunch were missing; fixed all packages installed on my system to have correct debsums: dput, debian-archive-keyring, bzip2, bogofilter (was actually fixed in Debian; did some other fixes in Ubuntu too which were also done in Debian), mawk, liblockfile, lockfile-progs, update-inetd (was actually fixed but blocked on a main promotion of a build-dep), gnome-pilot
  • MIRs: poked psycopg2 MIR issue with respect to running the testsuite, green flag on edje, ctdb, took a look at libplist + usbmuxd + libiphone
  • Triaged some pbuilder, flumotion, bzip2 bugs
  • Researched fixing MAIL= handling in sudo (LP #507934)
  • MIRs: ctdb, looked into psycopg2 testsuite issue, green-flagged edje, looked at libplist + usbmuxd + libiphone
  • Some bug triaging on flumotion, pbuilder, bzip2
  • Researched how to fix handling of MAIL= in sudo (LP #507934)
  • Reviewed + uploaded indicator-me
  • Fix install-info trigger transition warning in readline5
  • Solid work on pkg-create-dbgsym to avoid some warnings during all builds using it, and to run the testsuite during build (much more work than I anticipated -- had to patch pkgbinarymangler too)

ARM

  • Worked quite a bit on fixing + sanity checking the new uboot image generation script for imx51 which ogra provided me with
  • Reviewed proposed rootstock changes from Robert Nelson
  • Fixed ffmpeg build with lucid toolchain and greatly improved features detection: now the VFP flavour will only be built if the toolchain doesn't enable VFP by default, same for NEON

Matthias Klose

Michael Vogt

Scott James Remnant

On Leave last week.

Steve Langasek