EdgyIdeas
Revision 8 as of 2006-05-29 13:42:16
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These are my notes about possible projects for EdgyEft and beyond.
Infrastructure
- Fix MOM
- Localized CD images
- Delta updates for CD images via bsdiff or similar
- Fix cdimage build to not overflow onto a second CD
- 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
- Bug reporting tools which talk to Malone
- 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?)
- Larger livefs for DVD
- All langpacks
- Usability review of non-desktop stuff (e.g., CD boot text, boot messages, etc.)
- Silence grub
- Make automatix/EasyUbuntu/etc. obsolete
- Enable universe,multiverse by default
- Suggest packages to support unknown file types
- Extend Firefox plugin locator to find official packages of plugins
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/automated-problem-reports Automated problem reports]
- CD/DVD-based upgrades
automount windows partitions on the live CD (http://launchpad.net/bugs/16356)
- GCC and kernel headers in default install
NetworkManager (again)
- Avahi/ZeroConf out of the box
Hibernation resume message: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/41137
- Xen
- Review results of NCC desktop study and see what can be improved
- GCC SSP stack protection
- Mine hwdb data
- Eliminate distinction between language-pack and language-support
- Enable totem firefox plugin by default
- Ubuntu counter - allow Ubuntu users to be voluntarily counted/surveyed
- Totally rad X configuration
- Enable a wide range of modes by default, allow the user to drive their display at any mode via XRANDR
- Use X driver modules to probe hardware
smart-notifier
- ubuntu-server metapackage
- powernowd, for reduced power consumption, heat
- What else?
- GRUB v2
- GRUB as CD boot loader (maybe unnecessary/undesirable now with gfxboot?)
- multiarch
- SMART
- Tracking and auto-removal of packages 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
- translated package descriptions
- 7zip compression for dpkg
- i686 optimization experiment
- Desktop search (beagle)
- Revisit Epiphany as default browser?
- NX
- X server eye candy (Xgl/AIGLX/Composite/etc.)
- Install to LVM by default and allow new storage to be easily merged into the root filesystem
- Usplash
- Smooth scrolling
- Better font
- Just eliminate text entirely? (if we log output somewhere)
- Unified keymap handling (console and X)
- Consider new apps for desktop
- Tomboy
- F-spot
- Fast/minimal shutdown (eliminate stop actions where they aren't needed)
- udev activation of lvm, evms, mdadm, bluez...
- Merge -security and -updates?
- kexec
- crash analysis
- swap new kernel onto live CD for updated hardware support?
- Review James' "fix my computer" launchers around the office and make them obsolete
- -686 kernel on live CD?
Release Process
- Deadline for spec approvals
Community
- Forums
- Involve more in formal testing efforts
- QA of FAQ answers, etc.