For minutes of previous meetings, please see FoundationsTeam. == Present == * You - chair * BarryWarsaw * ColinWatson * EvanDandrea * MatthiasKlose * MichaelVogt * ScottJamesRemnant * SurbhiPalande ## list additional participants here == Lightning round order == {{{#!python from random import shuffle team = [ 'Keybuk', 'barry', 'cjwatson', 'doko', 'ev', 'mvo', 'csurbhi', ] order = team[:] shuffle(order) print ', '.join(order) }}} == Apologies == ## * FooBar - at a conference (avoid personal reasons unless given by apologist) == Agenda == ## Update the Milestoned bugs link * Lightning Round * 2-4 sentences on current work/roadblocks * Outstanding actions from last meeting * Outstanding feature freeze exceptions * Farming out tasks that aren't being handled * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+bugs?field.milestone:list=27462|ubuntu-10.10 bugs]] * [[http://qa.ubuntu.com/reports/sponsoring/|Sponsorship queue]] * Any business from activity reports * Good news * AOB * Next week's chair ## Additional items here == Outstanding actions from last meeting == ## List outstanding items and an update on their progress if appropriate == Actions from this meeting == ## List new action items == Chair for next meeting == ## * ChairForNextMeeting ## Now follows a section for each agenda item ## == Title == ## commentary == Activity reports == === Barry Warsaw === * short week due to holidays/illness * bug 627654 investigation * landed pep 3149 upstream * gtimelog update and packaging === Colin Watson === ==== 2010-08-23 - 2010-08-27 ==== * Backported fix for bogus warning messages from dpkg upstream (#619135). * GRUB 2: * Reverted to gfxpayload=text (#605614, #608429, #612626). * CD boot menu changes requested by Kubuntu team (#608746). * foundations-m-uefi-support: * New grub-rescue-efi-amd64 package (possibly temporary). * Ported cdrkit patch from Fedora to add -efi-boot option. * Added GRUB EFI configuration to debian-installer and debian-cd on amd64, making those images multi-catalog. * Added busybox cross-compiling support (#623392). * Reviewed Upstart patches from server team. * A few bits and pieces from foundations-m-spring-cleaning. * Merged: grub2, debian-installer-utils ==== 2010-08-31 - 2010-09-03 ==== * Archive cleanup work for beta (openoffice.org-voikko installability, sash functionality on amd64, and lots of archive-side work). * Fixed Wubi, which was trying to run conditionals using GRUB's rescue parser rather than its normal parser (#600578, #617715). * Fixed oem-config KDE frontend crash (#627549). * Worked around apt-cdrom madness on writable USB sticks (#627672). * Did a good chunk of the release management work for beta, in consultation with Kate and Robbie. * foundations-m-uefi-support: * Stopped grub-installer asking for a boot device on UEFI. * Fixed partitioning code to mount the first method=efi partition on /boot/efi. * Still trying to get my test machine to boot a 64-bit kernel, but no luck as yet. Will wait for serial console hardware instead. * Suppressed verbose debugging messages in webkit (cherry-pick from Debian). * Merged: grub-installer, partman-efi, usb-discover (#627004) === Evan Dandrea === === Matthias Klose === === Michael Vogt === ==== apt ==== * debug ssl timeout failure with donkult * fix missing apport report writing (thanks to mdz) * forward aptitude patch for FTBFS to upstream * merge fixes from debian-sid, upload new verison ==== software-center ==== * lots of branch review/merges * aptdaemon: merge/upload new bzr snapshot * branch merges, fixes in "what's new", "featured" display * fix crash in local checkouts * implement the "find it at" part of the spec * workon/test buy-something * work on the addons branch, add tests, debug logic ==== software-properties ==== * review/merge and471 gtkbuildre branch * review/merge gtkbuilder-and-gui-polish branc ==== update-manager ==== * debug/fix crash in doPostUpgrade (#618597) * fix label wraping for label_downsize * remove the extra "demoted" dialog, move into main confirm dialog * use treeview for the details (in gtk) * fix #624894 and upload to maverick * work lucid->lucid-updates upgrade profile ==== misc ==== * App-install-data update * Command-not-found data update * Gdebi: merge debian branch/upload * Policykit: add session-auto-restart support for the agent * Travel preparing * Update-notifier: merge xdg patches from Sebastian Geige * Work with kamstrup on s-c & unity integration === Scott James Remnant === === Surbhi Palande === * Investigated kernel boot up code, initramfs, udev and mdadm - to figure out the Raid Bringup * Finding out what the requirements are to make the initramfs event based for bringing up RAID. (In the coming weeks, shall look at how this could possibly be done) * Worked on bug 628400. Shall send a sponsorship request soon.