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• Launchpad Entry: mobile-karmic-moblin-remix

• Created: 2009-04-29

• Contributors: EmmetHikory MichaelCasadevall SteveKowalik PaulLiu

• Packages affected:

Summary

An out-of-archive one-time remix of Ubuntu will be prepared including the identical set of software as the Moblin 2.0 Release for demonstration and comparison purposes. This is not expected to be an ongoing release series, but rather a means of experimenting with integration between the Moblin project and other software in Ubuntu.

Rationale

Moblin is current, compelling, and cool, but requires a complete reinstallation (or can be run as a Live USB image), and is an RPM based distribution. As a result, it is difficult to compare Moblin to Ubuntu, and investigate how to better integrate the two. By preparing a Remix, and comparing the experience, we can better understand how the Moblin software can improve Ubuntu.

User stories

Alice is a Moblin Developer, who remembers working with Ubuntu as a base for Moblin 1.0, and wants to investigate the compatibility between Moblin 2.0 and Ubuntu.

Bob is an Ubuntu Developer, who has an interest in Moblin, and wants to try a complete solution in a while retaining the familiar Ubuntu base.

Chris is a Mobile Enthusiast, and wants to experiment with Moblin on Ubuntu without worrying about any issues that may occur as a result of interaction with other software.

Assumptions

• mobile-karmic-moblin2 is complete.

• All Moblin 2.0 software can be compiled against Ubuntu 9.04 (perhaps including some backports)

Design

This will be a fairly standard derivative remix.

Any necessary additional or upgraded packages will be prepared in a PPA.

A seed collection will be created, defining the correct set of software to be included, and be the basis for metapackages and tasks.

A live image will be generated based on the seed collection.

Implementation

• Check the difference between private src RPM repo and public src RPM repo
• Copy private PPA stuff to public PPA.
  • If the version of package in public RPM src repo and private PPA are same, move it to public PPA.
  • If there are newer version in public RPM src repo, uploading it to public PPA.
  • If there are new packages in public RPM src repo, uploading it to public PPA.
  • If the private PPA contains new version of packages, downgrading those packages and then uploads to public PPA
  • If the private PPA contains new package which is not appeared in public PPA, drop it.
• Review patches and push the non-harmful patches to Karmic.
  • webkit: DONE (However, nobody is reporting that patch to the upstream. We shoul d find someone to do that or we have to merge it everytime when Debian has a new version)
• Review packages from public PPA and push non-harmful packages to Karmic.

  • libccss	DONE
    librest	DONE
    twitter-glib	DONE
    jana	TODO	Request Sync
    mux	TODO	No rdepends. Low priority
    bickley	DONE
    mojito	DONE
    clutter-box2d	TODO	No rdepends. Low priority
    clutter-gesture	TODO	No rdepends. Low priority
    clutter-gst	TODO	Karmic is 0.8. Need to update to 0.10.
    clutter-imcontext	DONE
    clutter-qt	TODO	No rdepends. Low priority
    nbtk	DONE
    gconnman	TODO
    carrick-ng	TODO	Depends on gconnman, nbtk
    dalston	TODO	Depends on nbtk
    bognor-regis	DONE
    hornsey	TODO	Depends on libccss, bickley, bognor-regis, nbtk
    bisho	DONE
    anerley	TODO	Request sync. Depends on libccss, nbtk. Need to make a patch to build against telepathy-mission-control-5
    libsynthesis	DONE
    syncevolution	DONE	Depends on libsynthesis
    mutter	DONE
    mutter-moblin	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-gtk-engine	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-icon-theme	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-panel-applications	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-panel-media	TODO
    moblin-panel-myzone	TODO
    moblin-panel-pasteboard	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-panel-people	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-panel-status	TODO	Request sync
    moblin-web-browser	TODO
    moblin-menus	TODO
    moblin-session	TODO

• Seeding.
• Test the image.
• Merge bug fixes from private PPA if possible and go back to test the new image.

Migration

No migration plan exists for users wishing to move to or from the Ubuntu Moblin Remix. This exists for demonstration purposes only.

Test/Demo Plan

It's important that we are able to test new features, and demonstrate them to users. Use this section to describe a short plan that anybody can follow that demonstrates the feature is working. This can then be used during testing, and to show off after release. Please add an entry to http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Coverage/NewFeatures for tracking test coverage.

This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.

Unresolved issues

* The resulting image may not be fully Moblin 2.0 complaint (depending on available versions of software, incompatible patches, etc.). * No special effort will be taken to support installation (although if ubiquity works, it will be included).

BoF agenda and discussion

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