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[[Include(Xubuntu/Toolbox/Menu)]][[Include(Xubuntu/Toolbox/Banner)]] #title Xubuntu Development Roadmap
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||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Contents'''[[BR]][[TableOfContents]]|| == Roadmap for Quantal Quetzal ==
/* This page is to serve as a development roadmap for the next version of Xubuntu.
[[http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-precise/group/topic-precise-flavor-xubuntu.html|Click here to see the current status of development.]] */
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= Roadmap = === Phases of development ===
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Describe the Xubuntu roadmap here. ||<tablestyle="border: 1px solid #888;"> '''Phase''' || '''Deadline'''||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> '''▶ Brainstorming and finding assignees''' || '''End of Week 19''', UDS Q ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> '''Approving blueprints''' || '''End of Week 20''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> '''Finalizing blueprints and specifications''' || '''May 31''', FeatureDefinitionFreeze ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> '''(Further discussion and) implementing''' || '''Ubuntu freezes''', Aug 23 and later ||
||<style="padding-top: 7px;" -2> ''Read more about [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Phases|the phases]].'' ||

=== New features, major bugs, improvements to community ===
Note that any items with no assignee will not be driven, and most probably won't make it to the release.

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||<tablestyle="border: 1px solid #888;"> '''Item''' || '''Assignee''' || '''Importance''' || '''Links''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Review the Strategy Document || Pasi Lallinaho, community || Essential || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-review-strategy-document|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/StrategyDocument|Strategy Document]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Review the QA procedures || Janne Jokitalo, Pasi Lallinaho || Essential || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-qa-procedures|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Include Xfce 4.10 || Lionel Le Folgoc, Micah Gersten || Essential || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-xfce-410|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Refresh the offline documentation || Pasi Lallinaho, community || High || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-refresh-offline-documentation|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Website improvements || Pasi Lallinaho, Elizabeth Krumbach || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-website-improvements|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Cleanup|Cleanup progress]] ||
||<style="padding: 0.8em;" -4>'''Ideas yet to be approved/declined''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Review terminal theme || Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho || Medium || [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/TerminalThemeReview|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> New Plymouth theme || madnick || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> New LightDM theme || madnick || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Albatross theme facelift (incl. proper Gtk3 support) || Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Improve Bluebird theme's Gtk3 support and cleanup Gtk2 || Simon Steinbeiß || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Re-think elementary-xfce icon concept || Simon Steinbeiß || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Implement Keyboard-Shortcuts overlay/window || Simon Steinbeiß || - || [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/KeyboardShortcutsOverlay|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Ubiquity application sets || Janne Jokitalo || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Add more configuration apps to Settings Manager || - || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Analyze and optimize boot times || - || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Explore possibilities of desktop-search (catfish is really old) || - || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Include [[http://apt-offline.alioth.debian.org/|apt-offline]] by default on LiveCD to improve package access in bandwidth challenged use scenarios || - || - || [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/AptOffline|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;">Add optimum partitioning option to install options || - || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Add DVD support to Xubuntu restricted extras || - || - || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> New Panel Plug in: Disk access monitor|| - || - || - ||

=== Changes on default applications ===
''Items in this group (usually) need comprehensive '''''application comparisons'''''. An assignee for each "group"/type of application should take up the task, ideally more than one to make it less subjective/one-sided.''

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||<tablestyle="border: 1px solid #888;"> '''Application group''' || '''Proposed (Current)''' || '''Assignee''' || '''Importance''' || '''Links''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Package manager || Light PM, ? (USC, Synaptic) || - || TBD || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Image editor || ? (GIMP) || - || TBD || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Media player || Listen, DeadBeef? (gmusicbrowser) || - || TBD || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Video player || Audience, Snappy, VLC ? (Parole) || - || TBD || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Menu manager || LXMenueditor, ? (Alacarte) || - || TBD || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Backup App || Deja Dup, ? (-) || - || TBD || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Terminal || Sakura || - || TBD || - ||

Roadmap for Quantal Quetzal

Phases of development

Phase

Deadline

▶ Brainstorming and finding assignees

End of Week 19, UDS Q

Approving blueprints

End of Week 20

Finalizing blueprints and specifications

May 31, FeatureDefinitionFreeze

(Further discussion and) implementing

Ubuntu freezes, Aug 23 and later

Read more about the phases.

New features, major bugs, improvements to community

Note that any items with no assignee will not be driven, and most probably won't make it to the release.

Item

Assignee

Importance

Links

Review the Strategy Document

Pasi Lallinaho, community

Essential

Blueprint, Strategy Document

Review the QA procedures

Janne Jokitalo, Pasi Lallinaho

Essential

Blueprint

Include Xfce 4.10

Lionel Le Folgoc, Micah Gersten

Essential

Blueprint

Refresh the offline documentation

Pasi Lallinaho, community

High

Blueprint

Website improvements

Pasi Lallinaho, Elizabeth Krumbach

Medium

Blueprint, Cleanup progress

Ideas yet to be approved/declined

Review terminal theme

Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho

Medium

Specification

New Plymouth theme

madnick

-

-

New LightDM theme

madnick

-

-

Albatross theme facelift (incl. proper Gtk3 support)

Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho

-

-

Improve Bluebird theme's Gtk3 support and cleanup Gtk2

Simon Steinbeiß

-

-

Re-think elementary-xfce icon concept

Simon Steinbeiß

-

-

Implement Keyboard-Shortcuts overlay/window

Simon Steinbeiß

-

Specification

Ubiquity application sets

Janne Jokitalo

-

-

Add more configuration apps to Settings Manager

-

-

-

Analyze and optimize boot times

-

-

-

Explore possibilities of desktop-search (catfish is really old)

-

-

-

Include apt-offline by default on LiveCD to improve package access in bandwidth challenged use scenarios

-

-

Specification

Add optimum partitioning option to install options

-

-

-

Add DVD support to Xubuntu restricted extras

-

-

-

New Panel Plug in: Disk access monitor

-

-

-

Changes on default applications

Items in this group (usually) need comprehensive application comparisons. An assignee for each "group"/type of application should take up the task, ideally more than one to make it less subjective/one-sided.

Application group

Proposed (Current)

Assignee

Importance

Links

Package manager

Light PM, ? (USC, Synaptic)

-

TBD

-

Image editor

? (GIMP)

-

TBD

-

Media player

Listen, DeadBeef? (gmusicbrowser)

-

TBD

-

Video player

Audience, Snappy, VLC ? (Parole)

-

TBD

-

Menu manager

LXMenueditor, ? (Alacarte)

-

TBD

-

Backup App

Deja Dup, ? (-)

-

TBD

-

Terminal

Sakura

-

TBD

-

Xubuntu/Roadmap/Goals/Quantal (last edited 2012-08-26 23:10:20 by nblzone-227-162)