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| === 8.10 Frozen === | === Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 8.10 === Steve Langasek announced, on October 16, that the Release Candidate for Intrepid Ibex is one week away, and the final release is 2 weeks away. At this point, the Archive for the release is frozen, and all uploads must be approved by a member of the release team. Any uploads to main should be release critical only. In addition, there are guidelines for uploads to Universe[1], a list of release-critical bugs[2], and a list of "target of opportunity" bugs[3]. The Release Candidate will be October 23, 2008, and the final release will happen on October 30, 2008 [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-April/025259.html <<BR>> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs?field.milestone%3Alist=1326 <<BR>> [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs |
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| === OpenWeek Prep === | === Preparing for Ubuntu Open Week === Jorge O. Castro has given us the dates of the next Ubuntu Open Week[1]: Monday 3 November to 7 November. Open Week is a series of IRC sessions, tutorials and tips, a week of collaboration over several topics that cover all aspects of Ubuntu. Jorge has prepared a "prep page" for this edition of Open Week[2], to help find people who would like to present sessions, and for users to add topics they'd like to see covered. Please submit your ideas and subjects no later than 22 October. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek <<BR>> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/Prep |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #113 for the week October 12th - October 18th, 2008. In this issue we cover ...
UWN Translations
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In This Issue
General Community News
Mention release parties and the wiki page.
Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 8.10
Steve Langasek announced, on October 16, that the Release Candidate for Intrepid Ibex is one week away, and the final release is 2 weeks away. At this point, the Archive for the release is frozen, and all uploads must be approved by a member of the release team. Any uploads to main should be release critical only. In addition, there are guidelines for uploads to Universe[1], a list of release-critical bugs[2], and a list of "target of opportunity" bugs[3].
The Release Candidate will be October 23, 2008, and the final release will happen on October 30, 2008
[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-April/025259.html
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs?field.milestone%3Alist=1326
[3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-October/000499.html
Preparing for Ubuntu Open Week
Jorge O. Castro has given us the dates of the next Ubuntu Open Week[1]: Monday 3 November to 7 November. Open Week is a series of IRC sessions, tutorials and tips, a week of collaboration over several topics that cover all aspects of Ubuntu. Jorge has prepared a "prep page" for this edition of Open Week[2], to help find people who would like to present sessions, and for users to add topics they'd like to see covered. Please submit your ideas and subjects no later than 22 October.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-October/005928.html
Americas Membership
Hollman Enciso https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HollmanEnciso - https://launchpad.net/~hollman
Hollman has been an active member of the Ubuntu Columbia LoCo, and helped to coordinate many activities and currently leads the team as one of its administrators. Hollman has been very active in translation work, answering questions in Launchpad, bug triaging and general advocation.
Julián Alarcón https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JulianAlarcon - https://launchpad.net/~alarconj Julián comes in as another member of the Ubuntu Columbia Team. As with his teammate, Julián has shown excellent work in translations as well, as all around work with triaging bugs, answering question in Launchpad, and advocation of local Ubuntu events. Julián hopes to work on packaging with MOTU.
Luke Faraone https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LukeFaraone - https://launchpad.net/~lfaraone Luke represents the LoCo of Washington, D.C. in the United States. Luke has been incremental in getting Sugar Labs (http://sugarlabs.org) into Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora. Luke has also been a solid contributer to bug work, including 5-a-day, and active in the Washington, D.C. LoCo.
New MOTU Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukC2I0hUoIw
US Ubuntu Shop
maybe moved to ION?
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (#) +/- # over last week
- Critical (#) +/- # over last week
- Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
- Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
- All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Infamous Bugs
Translation Stats Intrepid
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/
LoCo News
Ohio LinuxFest 2008
http://decafbad.net/pictures/ohio-linuxfest/ohio-linuxfest-2008 (pics here, get vorian to blog something)
New in Hardy Heron
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24490953-15306,00.html
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009516o-2000498448b,00.htm
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Has-a-Brand-New-Wallpaper-95451.shtml
In The Blogosphere
http://nosecurity.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/xubuntu-intrepid-beta-mini-walkthrough/
http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/buying_a_netboo.html
In Other News
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=canonical_catalyst_811&num=1
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/inspiron-mini-12-pops-up-on-dells-website-its-a-done-deal-al/
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/cauv2008/ running Ubuntu Server 8.04
http://kipas.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/blankon-minimalist-to-gnome-asia-summit/ (link to the distro homepage directly)
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
UWN #: A sneak peek
Archives and RSS Feed
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Additional Ubuntu News
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Conclusion
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Credits
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Glossary of Terms
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