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In this episode of Launchpod, Matthew Revell and Joey Stanford discuss: * The Launchpad team met in London at the end of October. Joey and Matthew speak to Launchpad developers as they took part in an optimization session. * Matthew talks to Gary Poster, who recently joined the Launchpad team, about his new role and what he did previously. Download the ogg file: http://www.archive.org/download/LaunchpodEpisode12/launchpod-e12-20081113.ogg Podcast feed: http://news.launchpad.net/category/podcast/feed |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #117 for the week November 9th - November 15th, 2008. In this issue we cover ...
UWN Translations
- Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations
In This Issue
General Community News
New Theme for help.ubuntu.com
The Official Ubuntu Documentation site has recently been updated with a new theme. The site links have also been updated to include the Ubuntu Community Documentation site, and all the currently supported versions of Ubuntu, including the newest 8.10 Intrepid release. The new theme, and changes to the site, should make future updates easier to accomplish. Stop by and check it out here: https://help.ubuntu.com/
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2008-November/012127.html
Dell Mini 9 update testing
In a posting to the Ubuntu-qa mailing list, Chris Gregan, the QA Manager of OEM Services, Canonical USA, asked for owners of the Dell Mini 9 to help out with a new project. The OEM Services group is setting up a repo to handle updates for the Mini 9 and other netbook devices, and is looking for testers to help out. In response to questions concerning who can help, Steve Beattie responded[1] with an outline of how testing is done, and the type of people needed, as well as a reference to the Open Week presentation he gave[2] which further outlines the process.
[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-qa/2008-November/000336.html
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/VerifySRU
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-qa/2008-November/000334.html
Ubuntu Community Interviews: Nathan Grubb
In today’s installment, Matthew Helmke highlights one of the communities younger forum members. Nathan Grubb (nathangrubb) is also a comparatively new Linux user, having joined the fun just over a year ago. He has a blog that you are invited to check out: http://nathangrubby.wordpress.com/ Nathan has been active in Linux for a little over a year, and has been using computers since he was about 7. Read the details and see some screenshots at the link. http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/11/13/an-interview-with-nathan-grubb/
Alpha 1 freeze ahead
The expected release date of Jaunty Alpha 1 is next Thursday, November 20th. The first milestone is happening before the spec process this time due to the coming end of year holidays, and a late UDS(December). The team will continue to use a "soft freeze" for main for the Jaunty Alpha milestones. This means that developers are asked to refrain from uploading packages between Tuesday and Thursday which don't bring us closer to releasing the alpha. These days can then be used for settling the archive and fixing any remaining showstoppers. More details, and links to all the Jaunty information sites are located at the link. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-November/000511.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (48461)+257 over last week
- Critical (19) +/-0 over last week
- Unconfirmed (19904)-263 over last week
- Unassigned (40273)+261 over last week
- All bugs ever reported (230693)+1986 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
- Spanish (19388)-587 over last week
- French (61935)-124 over last week
- Swedish (76724)-386 over last week
- English (UK) (81455)+2 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (82684)-2658 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/
5-a-day bug stats
Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days
- crimsun (627)
- chrisccoulson (70)
- charlie-tca (52)
- angusthefuzz (48)
- harrisony (30)
Top 5 teams for the past 7 days
- dcteam (629)
- ubuntu-au (48)
- ubuntu-us-ohio (48)
- ubuntu-cl (34)
- ubuntu-berlin (25)
5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
LoCo News
Tamil Team
Ubuntu Tamil Team had its Intrepid Release Event on Nov 09 at Erode. Erode IT Association had made complete arrangements for the event. Myself and Padmanathan from Ubuntu Tamil Team took part and conducted event.
It was a day long event with the participants introduced hands on to Ubuntu, starting from Ubuntu Installation, Setting Tamil Features, Listening to Songs, Playing Videos, Repository and package Management, GNU/ Linux File Structure etc.,
Participants took part with great interest. We made use of Cutomised Tamil Version of Ubuntu for the event which received great response from the participants. Special Thanks to members of Erode IT Association - Raja, Balu, Srinivasan, Manohar, Mutharasu for organising this event in such a short span of time, immediately after we called for hosting such an event outside Chennai, the Capital of TamilNadu.
Erode IT association has announced a Ubuntu Competition for participants to keep the momemtum going! This has paved way for more events, the details of which will be furnished soon
Heart felt thanks for Erode IT Association for Organising this event. Blog with few snaps taken at event: http://amachu.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/intrepid-release-event-erode/
Ubuntu Peru gives Ubuntu presentation
Ubuntu Peru recently was invited to San Marcos University to give a talk about Ubuntu. UNMSM's Fluid Mechanics Faculty is in the process of migrating to Ubuntu, so it was nature for them to inlist the team to help prepare them for the transition. You can find pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/xander21c/UNMSMFacultaDeMecanicaDeFluidos# and more details at the link. http://xander21c.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/unmsm-migrating-to-ubuntu/
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
Lauchpad plugin for Eclipse
Guillermo Gonzalez, the man behind the bzr-eclipse plugin, has recently been working with the Launchpad API to produce an Eclipse plugin that integrates with Launchpad. The user visible plugin allows the user to search the branches of a project. Basically it’s a view with a search field. This will become part of bzr-eclipse, as an extension, to allow searching for branches, and branching into a new project directly from one of the results. The heart of it is the launchpadlib plugin, which abstracts common features needed by others plugins that need to interact with launchpad. Currently it provides authentication, and access to projects and bugs. Read Guillermo's full list of details at the link. http://news.launchpad.net/api/launchpad-plugin-for-eclipse-using-the-launchpad-api
Launchpod: Episode #12
In this episode of Launchpod, Matthew Revell and Joey Stanford discuss:
- The Launchpad team met in London at the end of October. Joey and Matthew speak to Launchpad developers as they took part in an optimization session.
- Matthew talks to Gary Poster, who recently joined the Launchpad team, about his new role and what he did previously.
Download the ogg file: http://www.archive.org/download/LaunchpodEpisode12/launchpod-e12-20081113.ogg
Podcast feed: http://news.launchpad.net/category/podcast/feed
http://news.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpod-episode-12
Launchpad offline November 12th
http://news.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-offline-19th-november-2200-utc
Launchpad interview: Meet Paul Hummer
http://news.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-paul-hummer
Launchpad interview: Meet Ursula Junque
http://news.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-ursula-junque (Maybe combine the above two interviews with something like: === 2 new launchpad interviews=== followed be a brief summary)
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth opens up on mobility and design - Ryan Paul at ars technica gives is an overview of Ubuntu Open Week. As many know and may have participated in, Ubuntu Open Week was November 3-7. Open Week is a series of discussions and tutorials on IRC dealing with anything Ubuntu from packaging to bug reporting to virtualization. One of the highlights of Open Week was a two hour Q&A session with Mark Shuttleworth. One of the topics discussed was the Canonical relationship with Dell. The association with Dell is viewed as a big success, “They know it takes a lot of work to do something like Linux well and they work very hard at it, so we appreciate the partnership". Shuttleworth also touched on the enormous opportunity for Linux in the market of mobile devices. In addition, Shuttleworth addressed critics who state that Canonical has little involvement in kernel development by stating that Canonical’s focus is in making a difference in free software. This commitment can be seen by nearly half of Canonical's staff being involved in full-time work on Launchpad, the collaborative web-based development platform which will be completely open source by the end of 2009. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081109-ubuntu-open-week-mark-shuttleworth-speaks.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10097468-92.html?part=rss&subj=news (include link to the Canonical news release on this: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/arm-linux)
In The Blogosphere
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_ati_mesa&num=1
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/learn-ubuntu-with-hackett-and-bankwell-20081112/
http://jldugger.livejournal.com/22373.html
http://www.workswithu.com/2008/11/10/ubuntu-server-edition-810-nice-but-who-uses-it/
In Other News
Ultimate Edition 2.0 has been released
***** if this is going to be included, need to figure out how its different from Ubuntu...and if its something we want to promote, we don't people to blame us if its going to cause problems ****
**** This ubuntu with themes, applications, etc. pre-loaded. I used to run Ultimate a couple of versions ago. Lots of useless stuff, but it sure does look nice. It would take more than I can do to evaluate this before we publish. I can try to evaluate fully before 118. In my esitmation it's harmless--avenn****
Ultimate Edition of 2.0 has been created based on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. Ultimate 2.0 comes in three flavors: 32 bit, 64 bit, and a Gamer’s edition (x86 based). The 64 bit edition is recommended if you have the hardware. Ultimate Edition is Ubuntu preloaded with themes, wallpapers, icon sets, gdm login screens, and games. In fact Compiz Fusion will work right off the Ultimate Edition 2.0 live DVD. Check it out! http://ultimateedition.info/ultimate-edition-20-has-been-released/
Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.2 released: Source Editor!
The latest version of Ubuntu Tweak has been released and now includes an graphical interface in which a user can edit sources.list. Ubuntu Tweak is an application which allows easy configurations of the Ubuntu desktop and system. In addition to editing sources.list, anyone can submit sources which will be open and available for others. Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.2 also includes updates to several bugs within the application. http://ubuntu-tweak.com/2008/11/14/ubuntu-tweak-042-released-source-editor.html
Ubuntero gets inked: Ubuntu Style
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1734
Meeting Summaries
LoCo Council Meeting: November 10th
http://boredandblogging.com/2008/11/11/ubuntu-loco-council-meeting-minutes-10-november-2008/
Edubuntu Meeting Minutes
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-November/026845.html
Server Team Meeting Minutes
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-November/026851.html
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Americas Membership Meeting
- Start: 02:00 UTC
- End: 03:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
Community Council Meeting
- Start: 11:00 UTC
- End: 13:00 UTC
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Server Team Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Kernel Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
QA Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Platform Team Meeting
- Start: 22:00 UTC
- End: 23:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
- Start: 12:00 UTC
- End: 13:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Desktop Team Meeting
- Start: 13:00 UTC
- End: 14:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Java Meeting
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Friday, November 21, 2008
Tunisian LoCo Team IRC Meeting
- Start: 20:00 UTC
- End: 22:00 UTC
- Location: #ubuntu-tn in IRC
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10
Security Updates
USN-669-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1
USN-670-1: VMBuilder vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
- None Reported
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
- None Reported
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu7.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012114.html
app-install-data-commercial 9.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012115.html
linux 2.6.24-22.44 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012116.html
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.14-22.52 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012117.html
lm-sensors-3 1:3.0.0-4ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012118.html
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-22.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012119.html
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-22.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012120.html
acpid 1.0.4-5ubuntu9.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012121.html
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
gnome-settings-daemon 2.24.0-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009465.html
gnome-games 1:2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009468.html
sabre 0.2.4b-25ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009467.html
update-manager 1:0.93.35 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009466.html
linux-meta 2.6.27.8.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009469.html
pam 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009470.html
kde4libs 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu11.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009471.html
splix 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009472.html
gthumb 3:2.10.10-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009473.html
splix 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009474.html
svk 2.0.2-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009475.html
translations_restricted_20081113.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009479.html
translations_universe_20081113.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009476.html
translations_multiverse_20081113.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009478.html
translations_main_20081113.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009477.html
qt4-x11 4.4.3-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009480.html
gtkhtml3.14 1:3.24.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009481.html
system-cleaner 1.10.4-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009482.html
banshee 1.2.1-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009483.html
evolution-data-server 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009484.html
evolution 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009485.html
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.9.0+git20081003.f9826a56-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009486.html
fglrx-installer 2:8.552-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009487.html
xkeyboard-config 1.3-2ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009488.html
adept 3.0~beta4ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009489.html
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