BrandingForDerivatives

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= People =

 * ColinWatson

= Goal =

Implement a mechanism to allow simple, centralized branding for Ubuntu derivatives

= Requirements =

 * Provide for branding or neutralization, as appropriate, of the following components:
  * Installer
   * Boot loader splash image
   * Boot loader text
   * Debconf templates
   * Package selection
  * Live CD
   * "Starting Ubuntu..."
  * Base
   * Archive keyring?
   * Debconf templates?
   * lsb-release? (hard)
  * Boot
   * USplash image
   * "Starting Ubuntu..."
  * Desktop
   * GDM theme
   * Splash graphic
   * Default wallpaper

= Agenda =

 * Runtime branding, build-time branding and package-selection branding
  * Which approach is most suitable for each requirement?
  * Can we avoid build-time branding entirely? It causes big infrastructure problems
 * Branded CD builds
 * Debconf branding
 * Refactoring desktop branding
  * gconf schemas, etc. (<dist>-branding)
  * artwork (<dist>-artwork)

= Pre-Work =

 * Review [http://www.ubuntu.com/wiki/DistributionDefaultsAndBranding DistributionDefaultsAndBranding] against the above

= Thoughts/Suggestions =

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[[DerivativeTeam/UDSNotes/UDU/Branding| Branding For Derivatives]]

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