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''[[http://akshat.novacut.com/logs/novacut/2011/12/18.txt.html#t15:55:00|IRC logs from meeting]]''

== Progress from last week ==

 * [[https://launchpad.net/~robbt|robbt]] started [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Novacut/Testing|a wiki page with tips for testing Dmedia]] - thanks, robbt!

 * [[https://launchpad.net/~jamesmr|JamesMR]] landed the first piece of the [[http://ubuntuone.com/4nXqgfB1Y50VCPM2Ix3UCb|stunning Dmedia UI]], built with sweet, sweet !WebKit and HTML5 - checkout this [[https://plus.google.com/114471118004229223857/posts/R8yjscwT8Gz?hl=en|video of it in action!]] Thanks, James!

 * jderose has been working on getting CouchDB 1.1.1 into Precise by starting with couchdb 1.1.1-1 from Debian testing and splitting it into couchdb and couchdb-bin packages as found in Ubuntu.  Jason filed [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/couchdb/+bug/903098|an Ubuntu bug about this]], and also contacted the Debian maintainer as hopefully Debian will accept this split so it doesn't have to be an Ubuntu-specific change.  Packages are available for testing in [[https://launchpad.net/~novacut/+archive/daily?field.series_filter=precise|ppa:novacut/daily]]

 * [[http://www.wefearchange.org/2011/12/lessons-in-porting-to-python-3.html|Barry Warsaw's python-dbus Python3 port]] still needs a bit of work, so we couldn't start on [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/dmedia/+bug/898325|Dmedia bug 898325]] yet, which might get pushed back to the 12.01 release

 * jderose documented our newly revised [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Novacut/ReleaseProcess|monthly release process]].  Each month's release is proceeded by a week-long QA window... if you can spare just an hour or two once a month, you can play a big part in making sure we deliver high quality software in the Stable Releases PPA!

 * jderose will be attending the [[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/GStreamerHackfest2012|GStreamer 1.0 applications and bindings hackfest]] at the end of January, on a mission to help apps currently using GStreamer 0.10 and the static python-gst bindings [[http://jderose.blogspot.com/2011/09/porting-gstreamer-apps-to-pygi.html|port to PyGI and GStreamer 1.0]] (and Python3, hehe)

== Plans for this week ==

 * This release is all about Dmedia, so we're all going to be working on getting a reasonably useful way to browse your files in Dmedia, and get a few more critical UI pieces in place

 * Jason is cranking out some foundations needed for the Browser tab

 * James is currently doing UI design for the History tab

 * David (dmj726) is on Winter break now, and I think will be wowing us in the next month with the audio sync stuff he's been working on (think Pluraleyes, but hopped up on Dmedia)

 * We need [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/dmedia/+bug/905836|a little PyGI/dconf trick]] so the importer can be "greedy" without have default apps pop up and harsh the user's mellow

 * The [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Novacut/ReleaseProcess#Pre-Stable_Releases|11.12 pre-stable release]] happens this Thursday!

== Get involved ==

 * Want to be part of the Novacut QA Squad?  Help us test-run the process this week!  We're looking for someone to lead this: it will require a small, but consistent time commitment each month.

 * We'd love help testing the CouchDB 1.1.1 package jderose proposed for Ubuntu... builds are available in [[https://launchpad.net/~novacut/+archive/daily?field.series_filter=precise|ppa:novacut/daily]]

 * Have USB3 hardware? Please help test with your hardware so we can have [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/904412|solid USB3 support is Precise!]]