#title Xubuntu Development Roadmap
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== Roadmap for Quantal Quetzal ==
This page is to serve as a development roadmap for the next version of Xubuntu.
[[http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/group/topic-quantal-flavor-xubuntu.html|Click here to see the current status of development.]]

=== Phases of development ===

||<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/StrategyDocument#Designing_a_release|the phases]] on our Strategy Document.'' ||

=== 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]]''' <<BR>> [[Xubuntu/StrategyDocument|Old Strategy Document]] <<BR>> [[http://strategydoc.knome.fi/|New Strategy Document (reviewing)]] ||
||<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;"> New Plymouth theme || madnick || High || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-new-plymouth|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> New LightDM theme || madnick || High || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-new-lightdm|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Analyze and optimize boot times || Janne Jokitalo, Pasi Lallinaho, testers || High || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-optimize-boot|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Website improvements || Pasi Lallinaho, Elizabeth Krumbach || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-website-improvements|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/WebsiteImprovements|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Review terminal theme || Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-terminal-theme|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/TerminalThemeReview|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Albatross theme facelift || Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-albatross-facelift|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Improve Bluebird theme || Simon Steinbeiß, Markus Klinga || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-improve-bluebird|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Rethink elementary-xfce icons concept || Simon Steinbeiß || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-elementary-xfce|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Explore possibilities of desktop search || Sean Davis, Simon Steinbeiß || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-desktop-search|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Add more launchers to Settings manager || Unit193, community || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-settings-manager-launchers|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/SettingsManagerApps|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Xubuntu marketing initiatives || Elizabeth Krumbach, community || Medium || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-marketing|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Marketing|Marketing wikipage]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Implement Keyboard-Shortcuts overlay/window || Sean Davis, Simon Steinbeiß || Low || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-shortcuts-overlay|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/KeyboardShortcutsOverlay|Specification]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Ubiquity application sets || Janne Jokitalo || Low || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-application-sets|Blueprint]]''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;" -3> Umbrella blueprint for appearance blueprints || '''[[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-appearance|Blueprint]]''', [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/DefaultPanelLayout|Panel layout spec]] ||
||<style="padding: 0.8em;" -4>'''Ideas that are postponed for now''' ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Ship [[http://apt-offline.alioth.debian.org/|apt-offline]] by default || - || - || [[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 || Lubuntu Software Center? (USC, Synaptic) || Pasi Lallinaho, Simon Steinbeiß || High || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Monitor management|| Improve xfce4-display-dialog || GridCube || Medium || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Media player || Listen, DeadBeef? (gmusicbrowser) || GridCube|| Medium || [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/DefaultMediaPlayer|Specifications]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Backup App || Deja Dup, ? (-) || - || Medium || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Video player || Improve Parole || - || Low || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Webcam Application || Cheese? || GridCube || Low || [[Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Quantal/WebcamApplication|Specifications]] ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Menu manager || MenuLibre, LXMenueditor, (Alacarte) || - || Low || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #ededed;"> Terminal || Sakura || - || Low || - ||
||<rowstyle="background-color: #fafafa;"> Image editor || ? (GIMP) || - || Low || - ||