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Daniel Holbach | 21 May 15:36
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Reinstated MOTU Meetings

Hello everybody,

at UDS we decided to hold MOTU meetings again. For now we will meet
every 2nd and 4th Thursday in #ubuntu-meeting at 16:00 UTC.

The first one this cycle is going to be at

  24th May, 16:00 UTC

and we hope to see you all there.

We will use these meetings to coordinate development activities
throughout the cycle and give development sub-teams a venue to give
updates and coordinate their work.

If you'd like to bring up a topic for discussion, please add it to
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings

Have a great day,
 Daniel

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Iain Lane | 10 May 01:46
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Minutes from the Developer Membership Board meeting - 2012-05-09

== Developer Membership Board meeting, 2012-05-09 ==

Chair: laney

Present: barry stgraber tumbleweed micahg bdrung

=== MOTU application Ante Karamatić ===

Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AnteKaramatic/DeveloperApplicationMOTU

Voting: +1 barry tumbleweed micahg stgraber laney bdrung

The application is accepted.

Action: micahg to add permissions.

=== Per-Package uploader Ike Panhc ===

Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IkePanhc/DeveloperApplication-PPU

Voting for linux-armadaxp, linux-meta-armadaxp, linux-highbank and
linux-meta-highbank (the latter two for discussion and approval on the mailing
list after the enter the archive)

Voting: +1 barry laney tumbleweed stgraber
        +0 micahg bdrung

The application is accepted.

ACTION: stgraber to add permissions
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Matthias Klose | 30 Apr 15:17
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Quantal open for development

Quantal is now open for development, with syncs from unstable starting shortly.
 The development version starts with updated versions of GCC and OpenJDK, some
soname changes (boost, hdf5), and some changes with setting the build flags for
package builds. We are finally targeting Python3 as the
only Python version on the ISO/installation images.

 - GCC 4.7 is now the default, introducing some build failures caused
   by unknown compiler options, and more C++ strictness. Hints how to fix
   packages can be found at [1].  Bug reports for packages are not yet
   filed directly in Launchpad, but can be found on the Debian BTS instead [2].

 - OpenJDK 7 is now used as the default, replacing OpenJDK 6, introducing
   some build failures. The build status can be tracked at [3], open issues
   are tracked at [4].

 - Removing build flags exported from dpkg-buildpackage for quantal will
   get us in sync with Debian. Implications and fixes are discussed
   on the ubuntu-devel ML [5].

 - Python 3 is now again part of a minimal chroot on quantal, and will
   be the only Python version provided on the ISO/installation images
   for quantal.  Packages which need updates and ports for Python 3
   are tracked at [6]

Please check your uploads in a quantal chroot, don't just test in a precise
environment. See [7] how to setup such a development chroot.

[1] http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/porting_to.html
[2]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ftbfs-gcc-4.7;users=debian-gcc <at> lists.debian.org
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Kate Stewart | 24 Apr 18:30
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Precise Unseeded Universe Final Freeze now in effect.


Dear Developer,
    The Unseeded Universe Final Freeze is now in effect. This
effectively finishes up the changes going into the Precise Ubuntu
archive for the release.

Iain Lane has kindly gathered some precise statistics ;) (see below)
summarizing what has occurred in the Ubuntu project archive this cycle.

Thank you to the 386 uploaders, and all those who have been contributing
by reviews and feedback,  allowing us to get the archive in such good
shape for our LTS release!  :)

On behalf of the Ubuntu release team,  Thank you!!!

Kate

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386 uploaders

18630 non-rebuild non-langpack uploads (including auto-syncs) (12636 excluding)

Uploads by day (non-automatic only)

     dow     | count 
-------------+-------
   Tuesday   |  2722
   Wednesday |  2398
   Monday    |  2266
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Cody A.W. Somerville | 23 Apr 22:45
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Developer Membership Board Meeting 2012-04-23 Minutes

== Developer Membership Board meeting, 2012-04-23 ==

Chair: Cody A.W. Somerville

Present: Barry Warsaw, Benjamin Drung, Iain Lane, Micah Gersten, Stefano Rivera

=== PerPackageUploader Application: David Henningsson ===

Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Diwic/PulseAudioUploaderApplication

David Henningsson (diwic) applied for per-package-upload permissions
to the pulseaudio package.

The application was discussed, voted on, and accepted: For: 6 Against:
0 Abstained: 0

=== PerPackageUploader Application: Cesare Falco ===

Application: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/c.falco/DeveloperApplication

Cesare Falco (cfalco) applied for per-package-upload permissions to
btpd, mame, and mess (not in Ubuntu yet). Interview of the applicant
was not completed before the end of the meeting and thus consideration
of the application was carried and no vote occurred.

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Matt Zimmerman | 16 Apr 22:17
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Minutes from the Technical Board meeting, 2012-04-16

Technical Board meeting, 2012-04-16

= Attendees =
 * Martin Pitt
 * Matt Zimmerman (chair)
 * Soren Hansen
 * Stéphane Graber

Apologies: Colin Watson

= Notes =

 * There is still confusion over the meeting time because the calendar and
   the wiki disagree.  Meeting time is 2100 UTC and the calendar needs
   updating.

 * Matt will take care of updating ~uds-organizers per
   https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2012-April/001239.html

 * No other business, short meeting

Meeting log:
http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2012/ubuntu-meeting.2012-04-16-20.02.log.txt

== Next meeting ==
 * 2012-04-30 (soren to chair).

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Matthias Klose | 2 Apr 15:43
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third test rebuild of precise pangolin

Another (and probably the last) test rebuild for precise pangolin is currently 
running on amd64, armhf and i386 (finished for main, universe is still 
building).  The results will show up at [1].

The rebuild is running on the distro buildds, so please be a bit conservative 
with uploading packages (e.g. really do a successful local build before upload).

Please look at the build failures for the packages in the "superseded" section 
too.  It's not guaranteed that these are really fixed.

   Matthias

[1] 
http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20120328-precise.html
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Stéphane Graber | 3 Apr 00:28
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Minutes from the Technical Board meeting, 2012-04-02


Technical Board meeting, 2012-04-02

= Attendees =
 * Colin Watson
 * Jonathan Riddell (guest)
 * Kees Cook
 * Micah Gersten (guest)
 * Scott Kitterman (guest)
 * Scott Lavander (guest)
 * Soren Hansen
 * Stéphane Graber (chair)

= Notes =

== ubuntu studio LTS status for 12.04 ==
 * Ubuntu Studio has been approved for 3-years LTS.
 * Plan: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/12.04/LTS-Proposal

== Kubuntu Future ==
 * Jonathan Riddell wanted to know if the TB had any problem with
Kubuntu being sponsored by someone else than Canonical.
 * The consensus was that there shouldn't be any problem with that as
far as the Technical Board is concerned at least.

== Next meeting ==
 * 2012-04-16 (mdz to chair).

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Colin Watson | 2 Apr 11:55
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precise-proposed now open for uploads all the time

= READ THIS FIRST =

This is an experimental process.  We aren't yet ready for everyone to
use this, but we hope that explaining what's going on will reduce
confusion.  If you're tempted to do anything interesting with this,
please come and talk to the release team on #ubuntu-release so that we
can try to minimise the effects of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

= Summary =

precise-proposed is now open for uploads.  Previously, -proposed was
only open for stable releases and during hard freezes, but we can now
use it during active development as well, and we'll be able to use
q-proposed through the whole lifetime of Q development.  During active
development, uploads to -proposed are automatically accepted and do not
require manual approval by archive administrators.

Eventually, we would like to use this as a staging area for a
substantial fraction of uploads, to try to entirely avoid dependency
breakage in the development release.  At the moment, though, we only
have fairly basic tools for managing -proposed for development releases
[1] [2], there are some problems that can arise if dependency chains
start stacking up there, and uploads need to be moved to precise
by hand; so we aren't yet asking for developers to use it all the
time.

[1] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html
[2] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/testing/precise-proposed_probs.html

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Kate Stewart | 29 Mar 23:02
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Released.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu
12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition 
of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.  The team has been hard 
at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features but mostly
fixing bugs.

With Ubuntu 12.04,  Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu and 
Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 2 status today.

Ubuntu Changes
--------------

Some of the key new features available since Beta 1 are:

 * A new Ubuntu kernel (3.2.0-20.33) which is base on the v3.2.12
   upstream Linux kernel.  Changes to the default kernel flavours 
   have been made for 12.04 LTS.

 * Updates to our new way to quickly search and access any desktop 
   application's and indicator's menu, called the HUD, can be 
   accessed by taping the Alt key and entering characters.

 * LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5.1. 

 * Ubuntu One has a new control panel to provides an installer, 
   setup wizard, ability to add/remove folders to sync, and more
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Charlie Kravetz | 24 Mar 17:01
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Fw: Resignation from Xubuntu Project


This is a copy of a message sent to Xubuntu Developers almost a week
ago. I am forwarding it so that all those who work with these
developers will be aware that I will not be able to answer any
questions about Xubuntu during the Q cycle.

I will remain involved in Ubuntu and Accessibility.

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:47:02 -0600
From: Charlie Kravetz <cjk <at> teamcharliesangels.com>
To: Xubuntu Development Discussion <xubuntu-devel <at> lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Resignation from Xubuntu Project

Due to circumstances now surrounding the Xubuntu Project, I will no
longer be able to participate in any capacity. For 18 months as Project
Lead, I attempted to keep as many as possible involved with this
project. Some of those individuals fought every attempt I made to
better the project. Now, having observed the project from the sidelines
for almost an entire release cycle, I find those individuals were
actually playing some kind of games, for reasons I will never
understand. As of the release of Precise Pangolin as Xubuntu 12.04, I
am resigning any and all positions with the project. I wish the Xubuntu
success in the future.

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Never let anyone steal your DREAM.           [http://keepingdreams.com]
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