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## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list ## of the top articles in this release. Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ... |
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #178 for the week January 24th - January 30th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day, Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider, Announcement: Ubuntu Server update for Lucid Alpha3, Ubuntu Honduras, Back up old sources from PPA's, Improved Bug Patch Notifications, Getting your code into Launchpad, Ubuntu Developer Week Recap, Canonical Voices, Ubuntu Community Learning Project Update, NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source, Full Circle Magazine #33, and much, much more! |
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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets. ## Format: * <Topic name> ## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share |
* Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day * Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider * Announcement: Ubuntu Server update for Lucid Alpha3 * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu Honduras * Back up old sources from PPA's * Improved Bug Patch Notifications * Getting your code into Launchpad * The Planet * In the Press & Blogosphere * NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source * Full Circle Magazine * Upcoming Meetings & Events * Updates & Security |
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=== Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day === * Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2010 * Time: 1400-1600 UTC * Place: Join us in #ubuntuone on freenode in IRC Each day Ubuntu One usually has at least one representative from the team dedicated to addressing subscriber questions, participating in IRC discussions, and responding to bugs. A few months ago, we decided that this would be enhanced by the entire team collaborating for a short period of time on open bugs and subscriber questions. We called it Bug Day. The goal was to reduce the list of bugs in an undecided state. After a few months, we’ve found this to be very useful in addressing open issues and questions, identifying duplicates, elevating the overall knowledge of the entire team and sharing best practices. Tuesday is the next Ubuntu One Bug Day, and this time we’re going to try something a little different. We would like invite our subscribers to join us. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about the Ubuntu One service, improve your skills and assist your fellow Ubuntu community members. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/BugDays http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=198 === Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider === This announcement is to apprise you of two small but important changes coming to Firefox in Lucid. We are changing the default search provider in Firefox to Yahoo! Note that this won't in any way effect the ability of a user to choose and use the search provider of their choice. It's literally 2 easily discoverable clicks to change this setting, a simple matter of switching to that search provider in the chrome by clicking on the icon and choosing the desired provider. Note also that Yahoo! does not share any personally identifiable or usage information. Why? We are pursuing this change because Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Platform. This change will help provide these resources as well as continuing to respect our user's default search across Firefox. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html === Announcement: Ubuntu Server update for Lucid Alpha3 === Last week the Lucid Alpha3 development phase started. So in following our Alpha2 announcement below is what’s on the horizon for Alpha3. Some of these are new blueprints for Alpha3 some are continued work from Alpha2. '''Alpha3 Projects''' Since the upcoming release is an LTS, a lot of this cycles work is centered around stability. Currently, we’re broadly targeting the following 3 areas: Software integration * Eucalyptus 1.6.2 * Moving from MySQL 5.0 to 5.1 * Provide libraries in PHP/Python/Perl for AWS services Improving our UEC & EC2 experience * Integrating Puppet & Etckeeper * Provide boothooks & user based configuration '''QA & testing''' * UEC tests * Automated server tests * Bug squashing * Apport hooks * Daily builds for server packages * The Server Papercuts project There are also a few community driven specs which are targeted for the Lucid release: * Asterisk Integration * Ubuntu Cluster Stack * Ubuntu Server Containers (LXC, OpenVZ) * Integration of Amavisd-new, Spamassassin, and Clamav The full list of blueprints related to these targets and our progress can be found on the server team wiki or on our work item tracker. '''Feedback & Involvement''' If you have any suggestions for AWS libraries in PHP/Perl/Python or are interested in packaging/contributing a library in another language, please let us know in the RFC thread To make the most of our Server Papercuts project, please participate in the email discussion and nominate papercuts and/or volunteer to fix them! To help us track down bugs and crashes better, we’re adding apport hooks to several key pieces of software. If you’d like to implement any of those hooks or contribute your own, please let us know in the blueprint. The Ubuntu Cluster Stack spec has issued a call for testing and would love to hear about your experiences. http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/ubuntu-server-update-for-lucid-alpha3/ |
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== Ubuntu Forums News == ## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums. == The Planet === |
=== Back up old sources from PPA's === We’ve been overwhelmed by the popularity of PPAs on Launchpad. In fact, according to our sysadmins, they are a little too popular and now our disks are full. Full disks mean no more PPAs, and no more uploads to PPAs. We’d like to add some more disks, but we can’t actually do that soon enough for a bunch of complicated reasons. Instead, we’ve decided that we’re going to remove all of the source files for any uploads that are: * in PPAs * not published, that is, deleted or superseded * have been not published for over seven days Note that we already delete the binaries for such uploads. We are going to delete these old files this Wednesday, January 27th. We’re really sorry that we are announcing it so close to the actual event — we know it’s a hassle. If you want to keep any of these files, you are going to have to download them right now. Here’s how to do it. 1. Go to your PPA’s web page on Launchpad and click on “View package details”. 2. Change the filter to search for “Any status”. Click “Filter”. 3. For each superseded or deleted upload with files you want to save, expand the upload and manually save all the files under the “Package files” heading. If it’s a busy PPA like the example one, then there will be a lot of old versions to download. If you aren’t sure, you probably won’t need all of them. Ask on #launchpad on Freenode or the launchpad-users mailing list if you are unsure. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/action-back-up-old-sources-from-ppas === Improved Bug Patch Notifications === There are a couple of new features related to patch handling in Launchpad bugs this month. Building on the work we did in December to better distinguish patches in bug pages, we now use an icon to show if a bug has a patch attached in bug listings. Any search on Launchpad will now indicate if a bug has a patch attached. Look for the band aid icons, and you’ll know that a bug has a patch attached. Also, bug mail notifications have been updated to distinguish patches from any other attachment. Now when a patch is added or removed from a bug the email notification will read “Patch added” or “Patch removed” to make spotting patches easier in email. These are small improvements to our handling of patches to help patches become more easily spotted on Launchpad. Combined with our work on sorting bugs by a heat number, the Launchpad bugs app is doing more to let users know about the state and quality of a bug report. http://blog.launchpad.net/bug-tracking/improved-bug-patch-notifications === Getting your code into Launchpad === Brad has written a great guide to writing and committing your first code for Launchpad. Amongst other things, he has a useful bullet list that describes the steps between deciding you want to write code for Launchpad and actually seeing your work in place. http://bradcrittenden.net/post/358363191/getting-your-code-into-launchpad * The steps for fixing a bug or adding a new feature in Launchpad are: * Find a bug or feature request. The best place to look is on the milestone for the application of interest. (See the list for Launchpad Registry’s 10.02 milestone). * Research the problem. * Have a pre-implemention call. * Grab the latest branch of Launchpad (which we informally call ‘rocketfuel’). You can use ‘rocketfuel-get’ to update your copy of devel and ‘rocketfuel-branch’ to make a branch for your work. It’s best to create a new branch for each chunk of work you do. * Write your tests, write the code, repeat. (Read about TDD.) * Push your code to Launchpad (‘bzr push’). * Create a merge proposal (‘bzr send’). * Have a review, fix changes, repeat. * Run the tests. At a minimum you should run all the tests for the application you changed. For bugs you can do that with ‘bin/test -vvm lp.bugs’. * Submit to PQM. * QA the change when it lands on edge or staging. * See the change in production when the next release rolls out. * Bask in your awesomeness. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/getting-your-code-into-launchpad == The Planet == === Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Developer Week Recap === UDW was another rocking success in terms of getting things done, and having fun doing it. So much was accomplished in such a short ammount of time. Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed. You can find daily summaries of what happened at the following links. * UDW Day One: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=571 * UDW Day Two: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=575 * UDW Day Three: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=595 * UDW Day Four: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=597 If you missed any of the action, follow the above links to catch up. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/ |
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=== Eric Hammond: Southern California Linux Expo === * Februrary 19-21, 2010 at the Westin LAX The 8th Southern California Linux Expo (aka SCaLE 8x) is a community organized, non-profit event. Those words and the incredibly cheap price might lead you to believe that it is not worth going to, but if this is your first time you’ll be amazed by the size, scope, and professionalism of the event with nearly a hundred exhibits and dozens of informative talks. * SCaLE: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/ Even though you’re not paying hundreds of dollars for the conference fee, it’s still worth traveling to if you’re not in Los Angeles. If you are in LA, then you have no excuse. Just like last year at SCaLE, I will be leading another “Try-It Lab” where we’ll help folks get started with using Amazon EC2 and Ubuntu Linux. More information about preparation will be posted on the SCaLE web site, so be sure to review it before attending if you’re interested in a hands-on, guided, workshop experience with EC2. The lab seats “sold out” quickly last year, so make sure you get in early. Deal for readers of Alestic.com: When you register for SCaLE, use the code “ERIC” for 50% off of the listed price. If you sign up today, that gives you a full access pass for a ridiculously low $35. Prices may go up as the weekend gets closer. http://alestic.com/2010/01/scale-ec2-tutorial?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+alestic-planetubuntu+%28Alestic.com+-+PlanetUbuntu%29 |
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Michael Larabel of Phoronix recalls that back in November he shared that Nouveau would finally be pulled into the Ubuntu 10.04 kernel as up to this point Canonical had employed the feature-limited and obfuscated open-source NVIDIA driver known as xf86-video-nv. The plans to switch over to Nouveau with kernel mode-setting support for Ubuntu 10.04 were great, but then in December the Nouveau driver got pulled into the Linux 2.6.33 kernel which complicated matters for Ubuntu as they already were set with using the Linux 2.6.32 kernel for the 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" release. It looks like the Canonical kernel developers have decided to pull the Nouveau DRM from the 2.6.33-rc4 kernel, and the Nouveau KMS code will be pulled in for the next alpha release. Follow this link for more information: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkyNw | Michael Larabel of Phoronix recalls that back in November he shared that Nouveau would finally be pulled into the Ubuntu 10.04 kernel as up to this point Canonical had employed the feature-limited and obfuscated open-source NVIDIA driver known as xf86-video-nv. The plans to switch over to Nouveau with kernel mode-setting support for Ubuntu 10.04 were great, but then in December the Nouveau driver got pulled into the Linux 2.6.33 kernel which complicated matters for Ubuntu as they already were set with using the Linux 2.6.32 kernel for the 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" release. It looks like the Canonical kernel developers have decided to pull the Nouveau DRM from the 2.6.33-rc4 kernel, and the Nouveau KMS code will be pulled in for the next alpha release. More information at the link. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkyNw |
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Phoronix's Michael Larabel tells us that Canonical's Jos Boumans sent out an e-mail on the Ubuntu development mailing list to outline some of the new plans going forward for Ubuntu Server with the 10.04 release. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2 came out just nine days ago, but Jos is hoping to incorporate these new Ubuntu Server changes prior to the Alpha 3 release that is scheduled for the end of February. To be worked on for Ubuntu Server 10.04 Alpha 3 is migrating from My``SQL 5.0 to My``SQL 5.1, an upgrade to Eucalyptus 1.6.2, PHP/Python/Perl libraries for Amazon's cloud computing platform, integrating Puppet and Etckeeper, boothooks and user based configuration for UEC/EC2, and various QA improvements. For the Ubuntu Server 10.04 release the community also hopes to provide Asterisk integration, an Ubuntu Cluster Stack, Ubuntu Server Containers for LXC and Open``VZ, and integration of Amavisd-new, Spamassassin, and Clamav. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkxNA | Phoronix's Michael Larabel tells us that Canonical's Jos Boumans sent out an e-mail on the Ubuntu development mailing list to outline some of the new plans going forward for Ubuntu Server with the 10.04 release. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2 came out just nine days ago, but Jos is hoping to incorporate these new Ubuntu Server changes prior to the Alpha 3 release that is scheduled for the end of February. To be worked on for Ubuntu Server 10.04 Alpha 3 is migrating from My``SQL 5.0 to My``SQL 5.1, an upgrade to Eucalyptus 1.6.2, PHP/Python/Perl libraries for Amazon's cloud computing platform, integrating Puppet and Etckeeper, boothooks and user based configuration for UEC/EC2, and various QA improvements. For the Ubuntu Server 10.04 release the community also hopes to provide Asterisk integration, an Ubuntu Cluster Stack, Ubuntu Server Containers for LXC and Open``VZ, and integration of Amavisd-new, Spamassassin, and Clamav. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkxNA |
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When Joe Panettieri helped launchp Works``With``U in 2008, he strongly believed Canonical needed to build strong server hardware partnerships with Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. But as he heard more about Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) in 2009, he realized Ubuntu in 2010 may find a back door into the server market. He still think it’s important for Canonical to work with hardware markers on Ubuntu Server Edition. Pre-install deals and bundling deals would be great. Fingers crossed, maybe we’ll see some deals around the time of Ubuntu Server Edition 10.04’s scheduled April 2010 launch. But if those server hardware relationships don’t materialize he won’t press the panic button. The reason: He thinks Canonical’s cloud strategy — built around Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud — represents a back door into the server market. See more of Joe's reasoning at the link. |
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OMG Ubuntu interviewed Benjamin Humphrey, the project leader for the Ubuntu Manual, asking questions about what it is and why it's being developed. The Manual is meant for beginners as a way of answering some of the common questions and pointing new users to further information. Initially, Benjamin is intending it to be a PDF format, and would like to see it included in the release CD, possibly as an icon on the panel or at least in the menu. The entire interview is at the link. |
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http://www.thelinuxblog.com/ubuntu-unleased-2010-edition-revie/ | The Linux Blog takes a look at the Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 edition. In the author's opinion the book is packed full of information, 32 chapters and a hefty appendix. The author felt that the book was well written, and would be of interest to Linux users in general, and not just Ubuntu users. All of his comments can be seen at: http://www.thelinuxblog.com/ubuntu-unleased-2010-edition-revie/ |
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http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/26/ubuntu-could-profit-from-both-yahoo-google/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WorksWithU+(Works+With+U) | Joe Panettieri of Works With U takes a look at Canonical's relationship with both Google and Yahoo. He notes that it is a balancing act between the two, finding ways to financially aid the continuation of Ubuntu. Canonical is under contract with Google to help in the development of Chrome OS. And now it has a financial arrangement with Yahoo to promote the Yahoo search in the Firefox search bar. How much the two will help is unknown. See his comments at: http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/26/ubuntu-could-profit-from-both-yahoo-google/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WorksWithU+(Works+With+U) |
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http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/24/ubuntu-enterprise-management-getting-easier/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WorksWithU+(Works+With+U) | Joe Panettieri of Works With U asks the question, "Are Ubuntu servers and desktops easy for enterprises to manage?" The answer appears to be "maybe". More IT specialists are getting on board, such as Bomgar, Kaseya, Likewise Software, Groundwork Open Source and Canonical itself. He outlines the contributions in his article, but also mentions that it's too soon to tell what effect it will have on acceptance. See his article at: http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/24/ubuntu-enterprise-management-getting-easier/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WorksWithU+(Works+With+U) |
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Hearing that the next Ubuntu release will use Yahoo! as the default search engine in Firefox leaves me with a twinge of uneasiness. This bloggers misgiving -- and it's a small one -- is not so much with the decision as with why it was made. In itself, the decision is trivial enough. If you dislike Yahoo!, you can easily change the default by going to the search engine field in the upper right corner and clicking on the icon and choosing Manage Search Engines from the drop-down menu. The reason for the change is that Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo, and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Platform. This change will help provide these resources as well as continuing to respect our user's default search across Firefox. Some people will object to the deal automatically, because, last year, Microsoft emerged as one of Yahoo's major partners. But that seems a relatively remote concern. What makes me uneasy is that the change is apparently being done solely for business reasons. This blogger understands that Canonical is searching for the road to profitability, but Foss isn't suppose to be like that, and neither is Ubuntu. |
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Sola believes that the new iPad was received with mixed feelings by the IT savy community. The main problem is that the tablet is just not as revolutionary as many expected it would be. It keeps many of the limitations of the iPhone (no multitasking, tightly controlled app-store), and doesn’t provide impressive new features which could keep the balance. On the other hand, Ubuntu on the Adam can run any full-desktop or command line Linux/ARM software from the Ubuntu ARM repositories. This is a huge selection of software and includes powerful applications like OpenOffice, GIMP and others. These may not be optimized for the touchscreen interface but the Adam’s backside trackpad can help using them in tablet mode and in docked mode you will be able to use a USB mouse and keyboard just like with a netbook. Moreover, Ubuntu is completely free of limitations so you will be able install whatever software you want. |
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. == Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR> == ## Team Reports are published in the UWN on the first Sunday of every month. ## Nathan Handler (nhandler) has a script to help format the Team Reports for ## the UWN. You can get this script by entering this command in a terminal: ## bzr branch lp:~uwn/+junk/team-reports ## Team Reports can be found at: ## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/<MONTH><YEAR> ## For example, the report for January 2009 is at: ## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2009 |
=== NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source === A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools. Albany Senior High School in the northern suburbs of Auckland has been running an entirely open source infrastructure since it opened in 2009. The 230-pupil school was set up to follow open learning principles, offering large "learning commons" areas where multiple classes interact rather than conventional classrooms and setting aside one day each week for pupils to work on self-driven research projects. The implementation uses Ubuntu on the desktop. http://www.cio.com.au/article/333686/nz_school_ditches_microsoft_goes_totally_open_source === Full Circle Magazine #33 === Full Circle Magazine, Issue #33 is now available. In this Issue: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Program in Python - Part 7, Create A Media Center with a Revo, Ubuntu and Boxee, and The Perfect Server - Part 3. * My Story - Ubuntu in Public Education, and Why I Use Linux. * Review - Exaile. * MOTU Interview - Didier Roche. * Top 5 - Synchronization Clients. * Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games and all the usual goodness! Get it while it's hot: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-January/000851.html |
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn ## List all security advisories since last UWN. ## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-# ## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1 |
* USN-890-4: PyXML vulnerabilities- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-890-4 * USN-803-2: Dhcp vulnerability- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-803-2 * USN-891-1: lintian vulnerabilities- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-891-1 * USN-893-1: Samba vulnerability- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-893-1 * USN-892-1: FUSE vulnerability- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-892-1 |
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> ## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html |
* python-xml_0.8.4-1ubuntu3.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012811.html * lintian_1.23.16ubuntu2.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012812.html * samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012813.html * fuse_2.4.2-0ubuntu3.1_sparc_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012814.html |
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/ ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> ## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-May/009951.html |
* lintian_1.23.46ubuntu0.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-January/012378.html * samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-January/012379.html * fuse- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-January/012380.html |
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/ ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> |
* dhcp3- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009825.html * lintian- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009826.html * samba_3.2.3-1ubuntu3.7_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009827.html * fuse- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009828.html |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #178 for the week January 24th - January 30th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day, Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider, Announcement: Ubuntu Server update for Lucid Alpha3, Ubuntu Honduras, Back up old sources from PPA's, Improved Bug Patch Notifications, Getting your code into Launchpad, Ubuntu Developer Week Recap, Canonical Voices, Ubuntu Community Learning Project Update, NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source, Full Circle Magazine #33, and much, much more!
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
- Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day
- Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider
- Announcement: Ubuntu Server update for Lucid Alpha3
- Ubuntu Stats
- Ubuntu Honduras
- Back up old sources from PPA's
- Improved Bug Patch Notifications
- Getting your code into Launchpad
- The Planet
In the Press & Blogosphere
- NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source
- Full Circle Magazine
Upcoming Meetings & Events
Updates & Security
General Community News
Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day
- Date: Tuesday, 2 February 2010
- Time: 1400-1600 UTC
- Place: Join us in #ubuntuone on freenode in IRC
Each day Ubuntu One usually has at least one representative from the team dedicated to addressing subscriber questions, participating in IRC discussions, and responding to bugs. A few months ago, we decided that this would be enhanced by the entire team collaborating for a short period of time on open bugs and subscriber questions. We called it Bug Day.
The goal was to reduce the list of bugs in an undecided state. After a few months, we’ve found this to be very useful in addressing open issues and questions, identifying duplicates, elevating the overall knowledge of the entire team and sharing best practices.
Tuesday is the next Ubuntu One Bug Day, and this time we’re going to try something a little different. We would like invite our subscribers to join us. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about the Ubuntu One service, improve your skills and assist your fellow Ubuntu community members. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/BugDays
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=198
Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider
This announcement is to apprise you of two small but important changes coming to Firefox in Lucid.
We are changing the default search provider in Firefox to Yahoo! Note that this won't in any way effect the ability of a user to choose and use the search provider of their choice. It's literally 2 easily discoverable clicks to change this setting, a simple matter of switching to that search provider in the chrome by clicking on the icon and choosing the desired provider. Note also that Yahoo! does not share any personally identifiable or usage information.
Why?
We are pursuing this change because Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Platform. This change will help provide these resources as well as continuing to respect our user's default search across Firefox.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html
Announcement: Ubuntu Server update for Lucid Alpha3
Last week the Lucid Alpha3 development phase started. So in following our Alpha2 announcement below is what’s on the horizon for Alpha3. Some of these are new blueprints for Alpha3 some are continued work from Alpha2.
Alpha3 Projects
Since the upcoming release is an LTS, a lot of this cycles work is centered around stability. Currently, we’re broadly targeting the following 3 areas: Software integration
- Eucalyptus 1.6.2
- Moving from MySQL 5.0 to 5.1
- Provide libraries in PHP/Python/Perl for AWS services
Improving our UEC & EC2 experience
Integrating Puppet & Etckeeper
Provide boothooks & user based configuration
QA & testing
- UEC tests
- Automated server tests
- Bug squashing
- Apport hooks
- Daily builds for server packages
- The Server Papercuts project
There are also a few community driven specs which are targeted for the Lucid release:
- Asterisk Integration
- Ubuntu Cluster Stack
- Ubuntu Server Containers (LXC, OpenVZ)
- Integration of Amavisd-new, Spamassassin, and Clamav
The full list of blueprints related to these targets and our progress can be found on the server team wiki or on our work item tracker.
Feedback & Involvement
If you have any suggestions for AWS libraries in PHP/Perl/Python or are interested in packaging/contributing a library in another language, please let us know in the RFC thread
To make the most of our Server Papercuts project, please participate in the email discussion and nominate papercuts and/or volunteer to fix them!
To help us track down bugs and crashes better, we’re adding apport hooks to several key pieces of software. If you’d like to implement any of those hooks or contribute your own, please let us know in the blueprint.
The Ubuntu Cluster Stack spec has issued a call for testing and would love to hear about your experiences.
http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/ubuntu-server-update-for-lucid-alpha3/
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (76370) -170 # over last week
- Critical (40) +4 # over last week
- Unconfirmed (39396) -171 # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translation Stats Karmic
- Spanish (10995) -157 over last week
- French (42268) -1140 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (44505) -232 over last week
- Swedish (66009) -410 over last week
- English (United Kingdon) (63270) -4517 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
Configure Ubuntu Programs During Installation - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23490/
Rhythmbox internet radio cover art - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23522/
Expand Brainstorm to help with community artwork selection - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23500/
Totem needs a "Go Fullscreen" button - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23458/
Automatically set weather applet location - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23438/
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
Ubuntu Honduras
Ubuntu Honduras kicked off the 2010 year of activities with a team pizza party where they discussed upcoming events for 2010, and welcomed new members. The team set the agenda for the next 3 months which includes, an Ubuntu presentation at Universidad de San Pedro Sula, and a two hour talk at the T3 conference Escuela Internacional Sanpedrana. The team is also discussing a couple of workshops they hope to have. One for team members to help them gain experience and improve their knowledge of Ubuntu, and the second that they will have at area universities. Pictures of the pizza party are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/elvira.martinez38/PrimerPizzaBashSanPedroSula2010#
http://blog.diegoturcios.net16.net/?p=382
Launchpad News
Back up old sources from PPA's
We’ve been overwhelmed by the popularity of PPAs on Launchpad. In fact, according to our sysadmins, they are a little too popular and now our disks are full.
Full disks mean no more PPAs, and no more uploads to PPAs. We’d like to add some more disks, but we can’t actually do that soon enough for a bunch of complicated reasons.
Instead, we’ve decided that we’re going to remove all of the source files for any uploads that are:
- in PPAs
- not published, that is, deleted or superseded
- have been not published for over seven days
Note that we already delete the binaries for such uploads.
We are going to delete these old files this Wednesday, January 27th. We’re really sorry that we are announcing it so close to the actual event — we know it’s a hassle.
If you want to keep any of these files, you are going to have to download them right now. Here’s how to do it.
- Go to your PPA’s web page on Launchpad and click on “View package details”.
- Change the filter to search for “Any status”. Click “Filter”.
- For each superseded or deleted upload with files you want to save, expand the upload and manually save all the files under the “Package files” heading.
If it’s a busy PPA like the example one, then there will be a lot of old versions to download. If you aren’t sure, you probably won’t need all of them. Ask on #launchpad on Freenode or the launchpad-users mailing list if you are unsure.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/action-back-up-old-sources-from-ppas
Improved Bug Patch Notifications
There are a couple of new features related to patch handling in Launchpad bugs this month.
Building on the work we did in December to better distinguish patches in bug pages, we now use an icon to show if a bug has a patch attached in bug listings. Any search on Launchpad will now indicate if a bug has a patch attached. Look for the band aid icons, and you’ll know that a bug has a patch attached.
Also, bug mail notifications have been updated to distinguish patches from any other attachment. Now when a patch is added or removed from a bug the email notification will read “Patch added” or “Patch removed” to make spotting patches easier in email.
These are small improvements to our handling of patches to help patches become more easily spotted on Launchpad. Combined with our work on sorting bugs by a heat number, the Launchpad bugs app is doing more to let users know about the state and quality of a bug report.
http://blog.launchpad.net/bug-tracking/improved-bug-patch-notifications
Getting your code into Launchpad
Brad has written a great guide to writing and committing your first code for Launchpad.
Amongst other things, he has a useful bullet list that describes the steps between deciding you want to write code for Launchpad and actually seeing your work in place. http://bradcrittenden.net/post/358363191/getting-your-code-into-launchpad
- The steps for fixing a bug or adding a new feature in Launchpad are:
- Find a bug or feature request. The best place to look is on the milestone for the application of interest. (See the list for Launchpad Registry’s 10.02 milestone).
- Research the problem.
- Have a pre-implemention call.
- Grab the latest branch of Launchpad (which we informally call ‘rocketfuel’). You can use ‘rocketfuel-get’ to update your copy of devel and ‘rocketfuel-branch’ to make a branch for your work. It’s best to create a new branch for each chunk of work you do.
- Write your tests, write the code, repeat. (Read about TDD.)
- Push your code to Launchpad (‘bzr push’).
- Create a merge proposal (‘bzr send’).
- Have a review, fix changes, repeat.
- Run the tests. At a minimum you should run all the tests for the application you changed. For bugs you can do that with ‘bin/test -vvm lp.bugs’.
- Submit to PQM.
- QA the change when it lands on edge or staging.
- See the change in production when the next release rolls out.
- Bask in your awesomeness.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/getting-your-code-into-launchpad
The Planet
Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Developer Week Recap
UDW was another rocking success in terms of getting things done, and having fun doing it. So much was accomplished in such a short ammount of time. Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed. You can find daily summaries of what happened at the following links.
UDW Day One: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=571
UDW Day Two: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=575
UDW Day Three: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=595
UDW Day Four: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=597
If you missed any of the action, follow the above links to catch up.
Steve George: Canonical Voices
Want to know Canonical’s secret business plan? Or find out the latest features we’re working on in Ubuntu or UbuntuOne? Then hop over to the Canonical Voices site. It’s a blog aggregator that provides a single location for Canonical employees to blog and engage with the wider world.
Many Canonical employees develop Ubuntu directly making them members of the Ubuntu community so their views already appear on Ubuntu Planet. However, there are lots of Canonical employees who work in other areas, such as with OEM’s, or on UbuntuOne, in marketing or with business customers. Canonical voices brings together everyone in the company and provides a single place where you can see the breadth of their views, opinions and thoughts.
As an Open Source technology company we’re working within a variety of communities; sometimes that means an Open Source project, but it could mean a group of users or a set of companies. So it’s important for us to be transparent and to engage in a conversation – encouraging understanding and perhaps sparking interesting ideas. Canonical Voices provides a space for that.
Canonical Voices Site: http://voices.canonical.com/
http://slgeorge.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/canonical-conversations/
Elizabeth Krumbach: Ubuntu Community Learning Project Update
The UCLP is attempting to make professional education course materials, because we believe that education is one of the biggest barriers to getting new users and increasing existing users abilities. We are working to develop course material in 5 different segments, How to Use, Maintain, Develop, Spread and Teach Ubuntu. This material is structured in the form of classes that can be taught in real life classrooms, on IRC and/or via our Moodle site. We now have a documented Course Layout for in-classroom classes and Charles Profitt has been working on the Moodle side for online learning.
How do you contribute? First, join the team by swinging by to have a talk to us in #ubuntu-learning or engage us on the Ubuntu Community Learning Project mailing list (you’re also welcome to email me directly at lyz@ubuntu.com, please do!). We currently have people writing courses in .odt, on the wiki, in bzr using AsciiDoc and in Moodle, so there are a number of ways to get involved now. We also need folks who are interestied in doing peer review of the classes.
Join the Team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning#Joining%20the%20Team
Mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-learning
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2481
Eric Hammond: Southern California Linux Expo
- Februrary 19-21, 2010 at the Westin LAX
The 8th Southern California Linux Expo (aka SCaLE 8x) is a community organized, non-profit event. Those words and the incredibly cheap price might lead you to believe that it is not worth going to, but if this is your first time you’ll be amazed by the size, scope, and professionalism of the event with nearly a hundred exhibits and dozens of informative talks.
Even though you’re not paying hundreds of dollars for the conference fee, it’s still worth traveling to if you’re not in Los Angeles. If you are in LA, then you have no excuse.
Just like last year at SCaLE, I will be leading another “Try-It Lab” where we’ll help folks get started with using Amazon EC2 and Ubuntu Linux. More information about preparation will be posted on the SCaLE web site, so be sure to review it before attending if you’re interested in a hands-on, guided, workshop experience with EC2. The lab seats “sold out” quickly last year, so make sure you get in early.
Deal for readers of Alestic.com: When you register for SCaLE, use the code “ERIC” for 50% off of the listed price. If you sign up today, that gives you a full access pass for a ridiculously low $35. Prices may go up as the weekend gets closer.
In The Press
Nouveau From 2.6.33 Prepped For Ubuntu 10.04
Michael Larabel of Phoronix recalls that back in November he shared that Nouveau would finally be pulled into the Ubuntu 10.04 kernel as up to this point Canonical had employed the feature-limited and obfuscated open-source NVIDIA driver known as xf86-video-nv. The plans to switch over to Nouveau with kernel mode-setting support for Ubuntu 10.04 were great, but then in December the Nouveau driver got pulled into the Linux 2.6.33 kernel which complicated matters for Ubuntu as they already were set with using the Linux 2.6.32 kernel for the 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" release. It looks like the Canonical kernel developers have decided to pull the Nouveau DRM from the 2.6.33-rc4 kernel, and the Nouveau KMS code will be pulled in for the next alpha release. More information at the link.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkyNw
Updates Coming For Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS
Phoronix's Michael Larabel tells us that Canonical's Jos Boumans sent out an e-mail on the Ubuntu development mailing list to outline some of the new plans going forward for Ubuntu Server with the 10.04 release. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2 came out just nine days ago, but Jos is hoping to incorporate these new Ubuntu Server changes prior to the Alpha 3 release that is scheduled for the end of February. To be worked on for Ubuntu Server 10.04 Alpha 3 is migrating from MySQL 5.0 to MySQL 5.1, an upgrade to Eucalyptus 1.6.2, PHP/Python/Perl libraries for Amazon's cloud computing platform, integrating Puppet and Etckeeper, boothooks and user based configuration for UEC/EC2, and various QA improvements. For the Ubuntu Server 10.04 release the community also hopes to provide Asterisk integration, an Ubuntu Cluster Stack, Ubuntu Server Containers for LXC and OpenVZ, and integration of Amavisd-new, Spamassassin, and Clamav.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkxNA
Yahoo Pays Canonical, Now They're The Ubuntu Default
Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that Canonical's Rick Spencer has written about two small changes that are happening to Mozilla Firefox in Ubuntu 10.04. The first is the default Ubuntu home-page with its search box in Firefox will now follow whatever the user has set as their default search engine in Firefox. The second change is that Canonical is changing the default search engine for Firefox in Ubuntu to Yahoo. Google has always been the default search engine in Ubuntu's Firefox, but now it's changing to Yahoo beginning with Lucid Lynx. Canonical is changing the default search path over to Yahoo as the two companies have negotiated a revenue sharing deal off the advertisements when using Yahoo search on Ubuntu. Users can still switch Firefox to using Google search with a couple clicks, but Canonical is hoping this change will yield them some additional revenue.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzkyNg
In The Blogosphere
Does Ubuntu Need Server Hardware Partners?
When Joe Panettieri helped launchp WorksWithU in 2008, he strongly believed Canonical needed to build strong server hardware partnerships with Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. But as he heard more about Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) in 2009, he realized Ubuntu in 2010 may find a back door into the server market. He still think it’s important for Canonical to work with hardware markers on Ubuntu Server Edition. Pre-install deals and bundling deals would be great. Fingers crossed, maybe we’ll see some deals around the time of Ubuntu Server Edition 10.04’s scheduled April 2010 launch. But if those server hardware relationships don’t materialize he won’t press the panic button. The reason: He thinks Canonical’s cloud strategy — built around Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud — represents a back door into the server market. See more of Joe's reasoning at the link.
http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/25/does-ubuntu-need-server-hardware-partners/
Interview With Ubuntu Manual Project Leader
OMG Ubuntu interviewed Benjamin Humphrey, the project leader for the Ubuntu Manual, asking questions about what it is and why it's being developed. The Manual is meant for beginners as a way of answering some of the common questions and pointing new users to further information. Initially, Benjamin is intending it to be a PDF format, and would like to see it included in the release CD, possibly as an icon on the panel or at least in the menu. The entire interview is at the link.
Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition Review
The Linux Blog takes a look at the Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 edition. In the author's opinion the book is packed full of information, 32 chapters and a hefty appendix. The author felt that the book was well written, and would be of interest to Linux users in general, and not just Ubuntu users. All of his comments can be seen at: http://www.thelinuxblog.com/ubuntu-unleased-2010-edition-revie/
Ubuntu Could Profit From Both Yahoo, Google
Joe Panettieri of Works With U takes a look at Canonical's relationship with both Google and Yahoo. He notes that it is a balancing act between the two, finding ways to financially aid the continuation of Ubuntu. Canonical is under contract with Google to help in the development of Chrome OS. And now it has a financial arrangement with Yahoo to promote the Yahoo search in the Firefox search bar. How much the two will help is unknown. See his comments at: http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/26/ubuntu-could-profit-from-both-yahoo-google/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WorksWithU+(Works+With+U)
Ubuntu: Enterprise Management Getting Easier?
Joe Panettieri of Works With U asks the question, "Are Ubuntu servers and desktops easy for enterprises to manage?" The answer appears to be "maybe". More IT specialists are getting on board, such as Bomgar, Kaseya, Likewise Software, Groundwork Open Source and Canonical itself. He outlines the contributions in his article, but also mentions that it's too soon to tell what effect it will have on acceptance. See his article at: http://www.workswithu.com/2010/01/24/ubuntu-enterprise-management-getting-easier/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+WorksWithU+(Works+With+U)
The choices inside Ubuntu
Hearing that the next Ubuntu release will use Yahoo! as the default search engine in Firefox leaves me with a twinge of uneasiness. This bloggers misgiving -- and it's a small one -- is not so much with the decision as with why it was made. In itself, the decision is trivial enough. If you dislike Yahoo!, you can easily change the default by going to the search engine field in the upper right corner and clicking on the icon and choosing Manage Search Engines from the drop-down menu. The reason for the change is that Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo, and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Platform. This change will help provide these resources as well as continuing to respect our user's default search across Firefox. Some people will object to the deal automatically, because, last year, Microsoft emerged as one of Yahoo's major partners. But that seems a relatively remote concern. What makes me uneasy is that the change is apparently being done solely for business reasons. This blogger understands that Canonical is searching for the road to profitability, but Foss isn't suppose to be like that, and neither is Ubuntu.
Apple’s iPad vs Notion Ink’s Adam tablet with Ubuntu: battle of two worlds
Sola believes that the new iPad was received with mixed feelings by the IT savy community. The main problem is that the tablet is just not as revolutionary as many expected it would be. It keeps many of the limitations of the iPhone (no multitasking, tightly controlled app-store), and doesn’t provide impressive new features which could keep the balance. On the other hand, Ubuntu on the Adam can run any full-desktop or command line Linux/ARM software from the Ubuntu ARM repositories. This is a huge selection of software and includes powerful applications like OpenOffice, GIMP and others. These may not be optimized for the touchscreen interface but the Adam’s backside trackpad can help using them in tablet mode and in docked mode you will be able to use a USB mouse and keyboard just like with a netbook. Moreover, Ubuntu is completely free of limitations so you will be able install whatever software you want.
In Other News
NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source
A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools. Albany Senior High School in the northern suburbs of Auckland has been running an entirely open source infrastructure since it opened in 2009. The 230-pupil school was set up to follow open learning principles, offering large "learning commons" areas where multiple classes interact rather than conventional classrooms and setting aside one day each week for pupils to work on self-driven research projects. The implementation uses Ubuntu on the desktop.
http://www.cio.com.au/article/333686/nz_school_ditches_microsoft_goes_totally_open_source
Full Circle Magazine #33
Full Circle Magazine, Issue #33 is now available.
In this Issue:
- Command and Conquer.
- How-To : Program in Python - Part 7, Create A Media Center with a Revo, Ubuntu and Boxee, and The Perfect Server - Part 3.
- My Story - Ubuntu in Public Education, and Why I Use Linux.
- Review - Exaile.
- MOTU Interview - Didier Roche.
- Top 5 - Synchronization Clients.
- Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games and all the usual goodness!
Get it while it's hot: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-January/000851.html
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Monday, February 1, 2010
Security Team Catch-up
- Start: 18:00 UTC
- End: 18:30 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
- Start: 13:00 UTC
- End: 14:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Developer Membership Board
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:00 UTC
- Location: None listed as of publication
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Desktop Team Meeting
- Start: 16:30 UTC
- End: 17:30 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop
Kernel Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
LoCo Teams Meeting
- Start: 18:00 UTC
- End: 19:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
EMEA Membership Meeting
- Start: 20:00 UTC
- End: 21:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/EMEA
Community Council Meeting
- Start: 22:00 UTC
- End: 24:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting
- Start: 22:00 UTC
- End: 23:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-beginners
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Server Team Meeting
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Cameroonian LoCoTeam monthly IRC meeting
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-cm
Foundation Team Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
QA Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Edubuntu Meeting
- Start: 19:00 UTC
- End: 20:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Ubuntu Java Meeting
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Ubuntu Translations Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TranslatingUbuntu/Events/Meetings
Friday, February 5, 2010
Lucid Weekly Release Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:30 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2010-02-05
Saturday, February 6, 2010
BugJam
- Start: 21:00 UTC
- End: 23:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc and #ubuntu-bugs
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
DC Loco IRC meeting
- Start: 23:00 UTC
- End: 24:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Ubuntu UK LoCo Team Meeting
- Start: 19:30 UTC
- End: 20:30 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-uk-meeting
Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10
Security Updates
USN-890-4: PyXML vulnerabilities- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-890-4
USN-803-2: Dhcp vulnerability- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-803-2
USN-891-1: lintian vulnerabilities- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-891-1
USN-893-1: Samba vulnerability- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-893-1
USN-892-1: FUSE vulnerability- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-892-1
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
python-xml_0.8.4-1ubuntu3.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012811.html
lintian_1.23.16ubuntu2.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012812.html
samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012813.html
fuse_2.4.2-0ubuntu3.1_sparc_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-January/012814.html
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
lintian_1.23.46ubuntu0.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-January/012378.html
samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-January/012379.html
fuse- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-January/012380.html
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
dhcp3- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009825.html
lintian- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009826.html
samba_3.2.3-1ubuntu3.7_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009827.html
fuse- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-January/009828.html
Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
dhcp3_3.1.1-5ubuntu8.2_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009985.html
lintian_2.2.5ubuntu1.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009986.html
psyco 1.6-1ubuntu1.0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009987.html
samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009988.html
fuse- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009989.html
wxwidgets2.6_2.6.3.2.2-3ubuntu4.1_sparc_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009990.html
opensaml2- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009991.html
phpgroupware_0.9.16.012+dfsg-8+lenny1build0.9.04.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-January/009992.html
Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
gtk+2.0 2.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012202.html
gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012203.html
devicekit-power 011-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012204.html
dhcp3- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012205.html
lintian_2.2.17ubuntu1.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012206.html
gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012211.html
psyco 1.6-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012207.html
cups 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012210.html
gnome-games 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012208.html
gscan2pdf 0.9.29-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012209.html
samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012212.html
fuse- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012213.html
phpgroupware_0.9.16.012+dfsg-8+lenny1build0.9.10.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-January/012214.html
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