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Xubuntu team report for July 2008

Artwork

• JMak has completed the GDM theme for Intrepid.

Community

• Final draft of the Xubuntu Strategy Document has been completed. This will be presented to the Community Council at the next meeting.
• Held a community meeting on July 12, 2008. Draft plan to update the website was discussed. Status of xfce4.6 was agreed upon.

Documentation

• Many updates completed on Xubuntu Wiki

Marketing

• Organized the team for the update of the Xubuntu.org website

Packaging, Development, & Testing

• Released Hardy Heron 8.04.01.
• Released Intrepid Alpha 1 and 2.
• Added catfish to desktop-recommends.
• Added yelp to desktop-recommends.
• Moved avahi-daemon to desktop-recommends.
• Moved gnome-system-tools to desktop-recommends.
• Moved xfce4-mcs-plugins-extra to desktop-recommends.
• Moved xfce4-terminal to desktop-recommends.
• Added xfce4-mixer to panel by default.
• Set catfish as search command for places plugin.

• Started wiki page on performance and began collecting data.

• Xubuntu Testing is looking for a Team Leader. This is an important part of every release. Since we have already released Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1, the need for Test Leader is imperative. Please contact Cody Somerville if you are interested.

Website

• Xubuntu is in need of people skilled in Artwork, CSS and HTML for the update of the Xubuntu.org website.

• Xubuntu website project status information is available on the Special Projects page.