Issue131
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #131 for the week February 22nd - February 28th, 2009. 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
Jaunty Alpha 5 Released
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000540.html
Needed: Countdown to Jaunty Banners
https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-website/2009-February/000558.html
Next Ubuntu Hug Day!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-February/000423.html
Developer News: Issue #2
The second edition of Ubuntu Developer News is out. For past items or to submit your own please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com UbuntuDevelopment/News More submissions for the developer news would be very much appreciated.
In this issue of the Developer News they discuss the following:
- Karmic Koala Announced
- Jaunty Feature Freeze
- Per-package uploaders and developer team structure
- Python 2.6
- Removal of aRts
- Progress of the Mono 2.0 transition
- Packaging large Java stacks
- Kernel Stable Release Updates
- White-listing external repositories in apturl
- Kernel changes in Jaunty
- Hardware Clock handling
- The Stracciatella GNOME session
- Pulseaudio in Jaunty
- Status of Sugar on Ubuntu
- Kubuntu and ports
- Reinhard Tartler (siretart) resigns as MOTU Launchpad Liason
- MySQL and Amarok
- New REVU Coordinator
- Ubuntu Studio in Jaunty
- Brainstorm for packaging requests?
- REVU gets Filtering and Tags
- Tools
- Developer Changes
- Meeting Minutes/Weekly Reports
You can read a short summary of the above points by following the link below.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000537.html
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 Jaunty
- 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 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/
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/
5-a-day bug stats
Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days
- person (#)
- person (#)
- person (#)
- person (#)
- person (#)
Top 5 teams for the past 7 days
- team (#)
- team (#)
- team (#)
- team (#)
- team (#)
5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
- heading
- heading
- heading
- heading
- heading
Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
LoCo News
Philadelphia Bug Jam
On Saturday Feb. 21st, the Philadelphia team of Ubuntu US Pennsylvania hosted their BugJam. PLUG member Art Alexion graciously offered them space at Resources for Human Development. They had a great room with wired connections for the event, and access to a kitchen for their eats. People started arriving around noon and they got things set up, retrieved the Oreo Cake and sticky buns donated by Pechter’s Bread.
The team started things off on a social level, answering basic questions, and getting everyone online with launchpad accounts. Lyz, (pleia2) had drafted some handouts the night before, and Jim Fisher supplied a bunch of printouts of the bug workflow charts. When people were finally settled in Connor Imes did a short presentation tour of the important Wiki pages and basics on how to find and handle bugs. The team did a great job with 9 participants and 6 hours of work. Pictures at the link.
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=1464
Chicago Bug Jam
The Bug Jam started out with introductions all around before it got down to some major bug squashing. All over the room, they had people triaging and fixing bugs. Whenever somebody had a question, there was usually someone in the room who had the answer. However, even with all of the knowledgeable people that were present at the event, a question regarding 5-a-day came up that nobody knew the answer to. Calls to several people in the greater Ubuntu Community finally produced an answer. All in all the Chicago Bug Jam was a success, and one team member really saw the meaning of what the Ubuntu Community is all about.
http://nhandler.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/chicago-global-bug-jam-2009/
Ubuntu-UK Bug Jam
http://blog.daviey.com/blogroll/ubuntu-uk-community-bug-jam-09.html
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
Launchpad Performance Week Roundup
http://blog.launchpad.net/launchpad-performance-week/roundup-of-the-first-launchpad-performance-week
Meet Michael Hudson
http://blog.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-michael-hudson
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Alpha 5 Screenshot Tour
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-9-04-Alpha-5-Screenshot-Tour-105539.shtml
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
UK government backs open source
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
UWN #: A sneak peek
Archives and RSS Feed
You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter
You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed
Additional Ubuntu News
As always you can find more news and announcements at:
and
Conclusion
Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.
See you next week!
Credits
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- John Crawford
- Craig A. Eddy
- Your Name Here
- And many others
Glossary of Terms
Ubuntu - Get Involved
The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate
Feedback
This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas. If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send them to ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com.
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License 
Creative Commons License 3.0 BY SA