These are my personal notes about possible projects for EdgyEft and beyond. It is not a place for suggestions from others. For that, see CommunityEdgyIdeas.
Infrastructure
[done] Fix MOM
- Localized CD images
- Delta updates for CD images via bsdiff or similar
[done] Fix cdimage build to not overflow onto a second CD (ColinWatson/r1104)
Soyuz build-from-accepted (don't wait for source to be published before building)
- Better facility for recording release validation test progress and results
Features
- Software installation via web browser
- Metafile allows for locating the appropriate package for the user's system, preferring an official package over an unofficial one
Logging of startup/shutdown messages (bootlogd?)
- All langpacks
Stacked file systems is probably part of the solution for this - TollefFogHeen
- Usability review of non-desktop stuff (e.g., CD boot text, boot messages, etc.)
Review EasyUbuntu, automatix, ubuntuguide and see what can be incorporated
Suggest packages to support file types and codecs
- Extend Firefox plugin locator to find official packages of plugins
automount windows partitions on the live CD (http://launchpad.net/bugs/16356)
[done] GCC and kernel headers in default install
- Usplash
- Higher resolution, more colors
- Better font, smooth scrolling OR just disable the text entirely
[done] Deskbar applet by default
NetworkManager (again)
- Avahi/ZeroConf out of the box
Hibernation resume message: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/41137
[done] Firefox Human theme
- Review results of NCC desktop study and see what can be improved
- Hardware database
- Include oo.o, firefox translations in langpacks rather than language-support
- [included with firefox 2.0] Firefox session saving out of the box
- [trivial] Enable totem firefox plugin by default
- Ubuntu counter - allow Ubuntu users to be voluntarily counted/surveyed
- Totally rad X configuration
- Use X driver modules to probe hardware
- Install binary drivers by default for easier enabling (fix diversion madness)
smart-notifier
- ubuntu-server metapackage
- powernowd, for reduced power consumption, heat
- Move evms, lvm, mdadm here
Automatic removal of packages which were installed only indirectly (to satisfy dependencies)
- Use in g-a-i to enable Add/Remove to clean up after itself, and allow for interesting metapackage bundles
- i686 optimization experiment
- Desktop search (beagle)
- Fix gnome-screensaver to exclude GL modes if hardware acceleration is unavailable
- NX
- Install to LVM by default and allow new storage to be easily merged into the root filesystem
- Consider new apps for desktop
- Tomboy
- F-spot
Fast/minimal shutdown (eliminate stop actions where they aren't needed)
- Merge -security and -updates?
- Revisit polypaudio?
- kexec
- crash analysis
- swap new kernel onto live CD for updated hardware support?
[done] -686 kernel on live CD (AdamConrad)
[done] LAMP, server kernel on DVD (ColinWatson/r1105)
- [trivial] Remove/rename server install mode on alternate CD
- Launchpad-assisted intelligent mirror selection
- Coalesce DVD images for derivatives (and/or architectures?) into one
- Language packs which aren't packages
- Delta updates
- Support for universe, multiverse
- Implement for only universe first, as a test?
- Automatic network service detection and configuration
- SMTP server
- Proxy server
- File server
- Backup server?
- Local bookmarks
Release Process
[done] Deadline for spec approvals
- Dapper release post-mortem
Testing
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/edgy-testing
- Explicit milestone regression testing (early and often)
- Test plans
- Laptop testing team
- CD testing team
- Support team
- Incorporate multilingual testing
- Coalesce non-overlapping test cases (e.g., partitioner vs. OEM)
Monitor testing progress regularly (SimonLaw)
Adapt test case assignments for bandwidth as well as hardware (SimonLaw)
- Client-side application for guided and semi-automated testing
Community
- Forums
- Involve more in formal testing efforts
- QA of FAQ answers, etc.
- Formal process for gathering feature ideas from the community (currently random mixture of mailing lists, wiki pages, blueprint, wishlist bugs, etc.)