DevelTeamMeeting20061123

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Adam Conrad (infinity)

Done

To do

Ben Collins (BenC)

driver-device-manager: Drafting: will have this finished and approved by Nov 30th. Actually started on writing this already.
retire-optimized-kernels: Retroactive spec, need to draft it.
linux-kernel-crash-dump: Retargetted to feisty. Few small bits still to implement.
libata-for-all-ata-disks: Retargetted to feisty. Have switched a few drivers to pata in 2.6.19. Ran into some issues with initramfs-tools now including them in the initrd, but fixed as of yesterday. Still some issues to figure out with regard to generic/ide-generic and ata_generic/pata_legacy migration.

Colin Watson (cjwatson)

Specifications:

feisty-ubiquity: Approved. I should do some of this, but some would make good bite-size tasks for new developers. Should I be the assignee anyway?
increase-hwdb-participation: Approved. None of this is actually going to happen in the installer, so I'd appreciate somebody else volunteering as the assignee here.
intel-mac-support: Did not get discussion at UDS or allhands. I know roughly what needs to be done, so I intend to draft it anyway and we can at least make the situation a lot better than it is now.
setup-console-under-usplash: Approved; working my way through the merge pile before uploading; unfortunately we have to merge xkeyboard-config first.
simplify-oem-installation: Still in requirements gathering. There are some fairly obvious things we can do listed at the bottom of the brain-dump, but I don't know how far we can take this without better commercial input.
ubiquity-advanced-partitioner: No more work done since just before UDS, but it's still just as approved as it was before.
ubiquity-automation: Approved. We went for a fairly conservative set of options which should be a quick win.
ubiquity-driver-updates: Drafting. We loosely agreed the business side at allhands, so I just need to put the pieces together and get it approved now.
ubiquity-more-user-config: Discussion. We still need to talk to Launchpad developers about account creation; I didn't manage this at allhands ...
ubiquity-oem: Not really started. Doesn't need significant discussion, but Maria indicated at allhands that this wasn't a priority for the Canonical OEM team, so I'll only complete it if I have time.
ubiquity-release-notes: Approved. Should be easy.
ubiquity-slideshow: Approved. Installer side should be straightforward, but it also needs artwork. Who should be the assignee?

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)

Done

To do

Fabio Di Nitto (fabbione)

Done

clean up a couple of specs.
merges.
extra bug fixing in mdadm to have bootable feisty.
SRU for lvm2 (dapper and edgy).
debugging pata_via init race.
update some other packages (ocfs2-tools, openais, redhat-cluster-suite).
wrote metacode for MAU support in the kernel.
recovering from jetlag (on going).

To do

start working specs implementations.
get last specs approved.
change meeting report layout to match specs status.

Frank Schoep (fschoep)

Done

To do

Henrik Omma (heno)

access-gdm - Should be simple enough with upstream doing work on it. Our default GDM theme is not a11y-capable yet though -- need to look into that.
braille-support - Pending Review. cjwatson and Keybuk should have another look at it.
color-filters - Spec still needs completing. Libs vare available for testing from upstream but no config GUI has been made AFAIK.
common-at-conf -- spec needs to be tightened and recent upstream work needs taking into account.
multilingual-speech - Should be split up into a Fiesty and a Fiesty+1 spec, with the former adding more language files to our repos (universe and multiverse) and the later would include UI and Just Works stuff.
orca-laptop-support - Approved. good progress -- laptop layout now available for testing from upstream.
atspi-testing-by-default -- I'd like feedback from the team on this. It is already implemented in test builds of Gnome; does that mean we get it automatically? Are there any major objections to this? ... it will slow systems down a bit.

Ian Jackson (iwj)

Done

To do

Jonathan Riddell (Riddell)

done:

all of KDE main merged and updated, send patches upstream, packaging koffice 1.6.1, and security fun with

todo:

merge rest of Kubuntu packages and others with my name on them
on holiday next week

specs: 1 being reviewed:

kubuntu-ubiquity-migration-assistant

bunch needing approval:

(community) kubuntu-multimedia-simplification, kubuntu-samba-integration, kubuntu-feisty-laptop, kubuntu-feisty-networking
(artwork) kubuntu-feisty-artwork*
(mine) kubuntu-feisty-adept-changes, kubuntu-ubiquity-migration-assistant

approved specs:

kubuntu-feisty-kde4-plan, would be a good task for an abitious MOTU
kubuntu-update-manager, most important one, still trying to contact upstream with questions about embedded konsole
kubuntu-feisty-language-selector, approved and qt 4 port already done by josef
kubuntu-feisty-ubiquity, sebas volunteered to help with qt 4 port

Kenneth Wimer (kwwii)

Done

To do

Kyle McMartin (kylem)

done:

ubuntu-dapper-updates.git up to date with patches from community
ubuntu-edgy-updates.git up to date with backports/patches from dapper-updates
both trees built on i386/generic
pushed to kernel.org

todo:

receive more marching orders
figure out why git on rookery hates me

Martin Pitt (pitti)

Done:

vacation until yesterday
caught up with email backlog, security review, and kernel security issues

Todo:

find a spare month to catch up with my fat bugs inbox, which I didn't dare to open in the last two weeks
start implementing cleanup-audio-jumble and zero-configuration-networking, since these are most urgent and block other specs

My feisty goals:

zero-configuration-networking: approved, did not start any implementation yet; played around with the stuff locally, avahi-autoipd works nicely, current libnss-mdns does not work at all for me, needs more work; approx. 2 days work
cleanup-audio-jumble: pending approval; didn't have an assignee yet, I signed up for this one; did some initial tests, looks good; required code changes will take about a day, changing the system to use pulse consistently another day
gnome-mount: approved, and used by default in feisty; still needed: security overhaul of hal backend, and de-gnome-ification of password dialog to make it appropriate for XFCE; approx. 3 days work
mount-all-local-filesystems: approved, not started yet; shoulnd't take more than one or two days to get it working
apport-improvements: not discussed at UDS; did some talks to kylem and BenC for getting the kernel side right, and talked to lifeless about python crash interception and general code structure cleanup; a lot of work to implement all improvements, but not scheduled for feisty, so low-prio
crash-reporting: not discussed at UDS, got an ad-hoc session on allhands; client/apport side isn't too complicated, but writing the server side is a considerable amount of work; needs more discussion with stub and LP team
bug-reporting-tool: pending approval, current assignee is sfllaw, but since most of this spec deals with apport changes, I'll probably end up doing the client side (I estimate 1-2 days); I have no idea how much work the Malone side is (cloakroom and linking submitted stuff to bug)
malone-cve-tracking: only got a private ad-hoc session with keescook; not a high-prio thing, but eventually we want to use Malone for tracking security bugs (much better for teamwork than current ubuntu-cve); requires some Malone email interface fixes, BjornT said they were easy.
printerdrake: this needs lots of UI redesign and work, and packaging; I'm afraid I won't have enough time for this for feisty, although I can certainly help with initial packaging, so that people have something to play with

Matthias Klose (doko)

Done

To do

Michael Vogt (mvo)

Done

To do

Oliver Grawert (ogra)

Done

To do

Rodrigo Novo (rodarvus)

Done

To do

Scott James Remnant (Keybuk)

Done

To do

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)

Done

To do

Simon Law (sfllaw)

Done:

Specs:
- bug-workflow: Done with input from mpt and bjorn and sabdfl
- scalable-installation-testing: Worked with pitti. Need to spec out UI bits, but that's something I can do this weekend.
Verification
- xorg: Done
- vino: Doing it now
Interviewed intern candidates.

To do:

More verification, since -proposed has stuff waiting.
Review interviewees and pick [0-2].
Bug triage

Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen)

Done

To do

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