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=== Hardy Alpha 5 ===

Truncate:

Hello Ubuntu developers,

As indicated earlier[1], the Feature Freeze is now in effect for Hardy.
From now until release, the focus is on polishing and bug fixing.

If you do believe that a new package, a new upstream version of a package,
or a new feature is needed for the release and will not introduce more
problems than it fixes, please follow the Freeze Exception Process by filing
bugs and subscribing ubuntu-release or motu-release as appropriate.

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess

Please also make sure that specs assigned to you for Hardy are updated
to their current status (which should be at least Beta Available if
not Deferred, or unless granted freeze exception).

  https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/


Our next testing milestone, Hardy Alpha 5, is scheduled for next Thursday,
February 21. Hardy Alpha 5 will again use a "soft freeze" for main, as
described in previous announcements[2]. 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, so that these days can be used
for settling the archive and fixing any remaining showstoppers.

The list of bugs targeted for alpha-5 can be found in a couple of different
places, according to your tastes:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/hardy-alpha-5
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.milestone%3Alist=951

This milestone is intended to be used for tracking bugs that must be fixed
in order for the alpha release to happen. If you have doubts about whether
a bug should block the alpha, please err on the side of caution by using the
milestone for the bug so that the release team can review it. Please also
consider helping with the bugs already listed there if you have the time.

The number of bugs blocking the alpha is expected to be relatively small, so
if you don't have any milestoned bugs assigned to you, please consider
helping with the list of bugs that are listed as release-critical for hardy
as a whole: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+bugs>. Again, please
use your best judgement with regard to the alpha freeze when uploading fixes
for these bugs.

Please also help us to get the archive in a consistent state again for the
alpha, as described on
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/PackageArchive#Consistency>.

Finally, if you know of new features in Hardy that you think should be
highlighted for Alpha 5, let me or another member of the release team know
so that they can be added to the release notes at
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha5>.

Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek
On behalf of the Ubuntu release team

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-February/000377.html
[2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-January/000363.html		 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 78 for the weeks February 10th - February 16th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Developer Week

We're very very pleased to announce the first ever [:UbuntuDeveloperWeek:Ubuntu Developer Week]. What this means? We’ll have one week full of action-packed IRC sessions where you can:

  • learn about different packaging techniques
  • find out more about different development teams
  • check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community

  • participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers

  • and much much more...

We're absolutely excited to have such a diverse programme and thrilled we have so many excellent speakers in the first ever Ubuntu Developer Week. All your favourite Ubuntu developers will be there who will introduce you to lots of parts of Ubuntu development including packaging, virtualisation, desktop application testing, development processes, collaboration techniques and lots lots more. This is the perfect time to get started, get up and running and in touch with future team members. Smile :-)

So, what are you waiting for? Go and see the [:UbuntuDeveloperWeek:timetable] and then see [:UbuntuDeveloperWeek/JoiningIn:how to attend]. I look forward to seeing you all there at Ubuntu Open Week. Oh, and lets spread the word!

[http://digg.com/linux_unix/First_ever_Ubuntu_Developer_Week_announced Digg It!]

MOTU

Freeze Team

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/motu-council/2008-February/000871.html

Hardy Alpha 5

Truncate:

Hello Ubuntu developers,

As indicated earlier[1], the Feature Freeze is now in effect for Hardy. From now until release, the focus is on polishing and bug fixing.

If you do believe that a new package, a new upstream version of a package, or a new feature is needed for the release and will not introduce more problems than it fixes, please follow the Freeze Exception Process by filing bugs and subscribing ubuntu-release or motu-release as appropriate.

Please also make sure that specs assigned to you for Hardy are updated to their current status (which should be at least Beta Available if not Deferred, or unless granted freeze exception).

Our next testing milestone, Hardy Alpha 5, is scheduled for next Thursday, February 21. Hardy Alpha 5 will again use a "soft freeze" for main, as described in previous announcements[2]. 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, so that these days can be used for settling the archive and fixing any remaining showstoppers.

The list of bugs targeted for alpha-5 can be found in a couple of different places, according to your tastes:

This milestone is intended to be used for tracking bugs that must be fixed in order for the alpha release to happen. If you have doubts about whether a bug should block the alpha, please err on the side of caution by using the milestone for the bug so that the release team can review it. Please also consider helping with the bugs already listed there if you have the time.

The number of bugs blocking the alpha is expected to be relatively small, so if you don't have any milestoned bugs assigned to you, please consider helping with the list of bugs that are listed as release-critical for hardy as a whole: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+bugs>. Again, please use your best judgement with regard to the alpha freeze when uploading fixes for these bugs.

Please also help us to get the archive in a consistent state again for the alpha, as described on <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/PackageArchive#Consistency>.

Finally, if you know of new features in Hardy that you think should be highlighted for Alpha 5, let me or another member of the release team know so that they can be added to the release notes at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha5>.

Thanks, -- Steve Langasek On behalf of the Ubuntu release team

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-February/000377.html [2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-January/000363.html

LoCo News

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2138

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3727706

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_boot_perf&num=1

In The Blogosphere

http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/wordpress/?p=177 (would like some verification this is for real)

In Other News

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, and 7.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

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

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over last week

Remaining string to translate in Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/

UWN #: A sneak peek

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Additional Ubuntu News

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and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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