== Meeting information == * Xubuntu community meeting, 2013-01-10 * Full logs at [[http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/xubuntu-devel/2013/xubuntu-devel.2013-01-10-14.59.moin.txt]] == Meeting summary == === Items carried on === * Open action items from previous meeting (knome, 15:00:07) * ''ACTION:'' knome to draft flyer looks (knome, 15:00:21) === Team updates === * Development (knome, 15:01:44) * parole 0.4.0 released, looking for testers (not enough bugs logged on it) (bluesabre_, 15:03:31) * mr_pouit has gotten newer versions of various components into raring (micahg, 15:03:53) * i386 ISO is CD size again (minus fr langpacks) (micahg, 15:04:08) * micahg working on rebuild FTBFS failures, mostly related to multiarch python headers (micahg, 15:04:46) * ''ACTION:'' micahg to attempt to make amd64 ISO CD size by alpha2 (useful for its timing, but we're not shipping it) (micahg, 15:05:14) * just for general information, the alpha2 is most probably going to be postponed by a few days (read ubuntu-release archives for more info) (knome, 15:06:05) * ''ACTION:'' micahg to create a list of things that needs porting from python2 to python3 (knome, 15:11:29) * ''ACTION:'' micahg to get list of packages in Xubuntu using python2 (micahg, 15:11:30) * ''ACTION:'' micahg to finish fixing FTBFS failures found in the rebuilds (micahg, 15:11:55) * we'll see how the python-port list looks like, then reconsider if we should consider dropping langpacks (knome, 15:12:47) * Quality Assurance (knome, 15:14:29) * ''ACTION:'' micahg to see if anything else than xchat is keeping tcl in (recommends for xchat), team investigates possibility to drop tcl (knome, 15:18:01) * ''ACTION:'' knome gathers a list of things we want to test before alpha2 (knome, 15:18:41) * ''ACTION:'' bluesabre_ lists things he wants tested in his projects (knome, 15:18:53) * parole 0.4 is out and available in raring, lots of new features and fixes, testers needed (bluesabre_, 15:19:09) * we will do some specific cadence testing before a2 (knome, 15:19:20) * when a2 is out, we will do more of more general cadence testing (knome, 15:19:53) * ''ACTION:'' knome will send more information on the ML, team shouts out in social media etc. for anybody to help with testing (knome, 15:20:35) * Marketing, Promotion and Artwork (knome, 15:21:43) * ''ACTION:'' pleia2 drafts a new blog article on testing after knome has sent information on testing to ML (knome, 15:22:08) * we contacted the identi.ca xubuntu group and will be co-admins of that soon (knome, 15:22:35) * knome is seriously considering of ordering one more xubuntu t-shirt for testing quality etc (knome, 15:26:12) * we have someone working on updated screenshots for the website for 12.10 (better late than never!) (pleia2, 15:28:14) * as always, we could use more team members contributing blog posts, you know where to find me :) (pleia2, 15:28:45) * ''ACTION:'' team should work more on listing low-hanging fruit for new contributors to grow the community (knome, 15:29:08) * if you write about xubuntu (development) on your blog, it's possible to tweet about that @Xubuntu (knome, 15:30:21) * or, if you're on twitter yourself, we can retweet too.. (knome, 15:31:17) * knome has been retweeting some nice comments for @Xubuntu anyway (knome, 15:31:41) * Documentation, Website (knome, 15:31:56) * ''LINK:'' https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-r-xubuntu-docs (pleia2, 15:32:38) * ''ACTION:'' bluesabre_ to investigate moving to yelp with docs to enable translations and stuff (knome, 15:34:31) * General updates (knome, 15:35:44) * ''ACTION:'' team to schedule some time to look at the seed and consider dropping unneded things (knome, 15:40:02) * ''ACTION:'' team to consider switching leafpad to mousepad (knome, 15:42:57) === Announcements === * Changes of positions on the Xubuntu team (knome, 15:43:20) * elfy dropped a line that he can't help in the R cycle; knome will take over the QA-related stuff (again) (knome, 15:43:40) * The term for XPL ends at the end of this cycle (knome, 15:44:00) * Since we changed the Strategy Document, the next term will only be 2 (two) releases, since the term is designed to end with an LTS release. (knome, 15:44:32) * We will be voting on extending the current XPL's term at the end of the cycle; if not extended, a new XPL will serve for two cycles (knome, 15:45:18) * the Community Council has been meeting with teams this cycle, next Thursday (17th) it's Xubuntu's turn: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda (pleia2, 15:50:38) === New ang emerging items === * Serbian translation for Xfce 4.10 (knome, 15:51:06) * Discuss changing Xfce translations to a langpack system similar to KDE (makes it easier to update translations post release) (knome, 15:52:14) * ''ACTION:'' micahg to research converting to a Kubuntu style per-language source langpack (micahg, 16:09:05) * Schedule next meeting (knome, 16:10:48) * Next Xubuntu community meeting: Jan 24, 15 UTC @#xubuntu-devel (knome, 16:15:06) == Action items, by person == * bluesabre_ * bluesabre_ lists things he wants tested in his projects * bluesabre_ to investigate moving to yelp with docs to enable translations and stuff * knome * knome to draft flyer looks * knome gathers a list of things we want to test before alpha2 * knome will send more information on the ML, team shouts out in social media etc. for anybody to help with testing * micahg * micahg to attempt to make amd64 ISO CD size by alpha2 (useful for its timing, but we're not shipping it) * micahg to create a list of things that needs porting from python2 to python3 * micahg to get list of packages in Xubuntu using python2 * micahg to finish fixing FTBFS failures found in the rebuilds * micahg to see if anything else than xchat is keeping tcl in (recommends for xchat), team investigates possibility to drop tcl * micahg to research converting to a Kubuntu style per-language source langpack * pleia2 * pleia2 drafts a new blog article on testing after knome has sent information on testing to ML * team * micahg to see if anything else than xchat is keeping tcl in (recommends for xchat), team investigates possibility to drop tcl * knome will send more information on the ML, team shouts out in social media etc. for anybody to help with testing * team should work more on listing low-hanging fruit for new contributors to grow the community * team to schedule some time to look at the seed and consider dropping unneded things * team to consider switching leafpad to mousepad == People present (lines said) == * knome (195) * micahg (70) * pleia2 (29) * bluesabre_ (21) * meetingology (19) * mr_pouit (15) * maddernick (1) * jjfrv8 (1) * team (0)