{"id":89,"date":"2007-06-20T07:20:33","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryanorser.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2007-06-20T07:20:33","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T15:20:33","slug":"20070620-ubuntu-devel-announce-digest-vol-20-issue-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryanorser.com\/index.php\/2007\/06\/20\/20070620-ubuntu-devel-announce-digest-vol-20-issue-6\/","title":{"rendered":"2007\/06\/20 ubuntu-devel-announce Digest, Vol 20, Issue 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <span style=\"font-size: larger\"><strong>ubuntu-devel-announce Digest <\/strong>is all about the Gutsy Feature Plan, <\/span>Launchpad bug workflow change, and Ubuntu Derivatives mailing list. here is what it says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Now that the set of feature goals planned for Ubuntu 7.10 (&#8220;Gutsy<br \/>\nGibbon&#8221;) has been largely finalised, it seems like an appropriate point<br \/>\nto announce the plan to the world.<\/p>\n<p>While this is based on the approved blueprints for gutsy[0], which are<br \/>\nexpected to be implemented in time, we do release according to a<br \/>\ntime-based schedule[1] rather than a feature-based one.  It is not<br \/>\nunusual for some planned features to be delayed to later releases;<br \/>\nhappily it is also not unusual for our developers to introduce neat<br \/>\nfeatures we weren&#8217;t expecting either.<\/p>\n<p>[0] <a href=\"https:\/\/blueprints.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/gutsy\/\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/blueprints.launchpad<wbr><\/wbr>.net\/ubuntu\/gutsy\/<\/a><br \/>\n[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/GutsyReleaseSchedule\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com<wbr><\/wbr>\/GutsyReleaseSchedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Desktop<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 7.10 will ship with the latest edition of the GNOME desktop,<br \/>\n2.20, released a few weeks before our own release.  Kubuntu 7.10 will<br \/>\nship with KDE 3.5.7, and should also include packages of KDE 4.0 rc 2<br \/>\navailable for optional side-by-side installation.<\/p>\n<p>We are aiming for Ubuntu to be one of the first distributions to ship<br \/>\nthe newly merged Compiz and Beryl projects (compcomm\/OpenCompositing);<br \/>\nand enable it as the default window manager on systems with a supported<br \/>\ncombination of hardware and drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Systems which do not support compositing, or those with it disabled by<br \/>\nuser option, will use the existing metacity window manager.<\/p>\n<p><script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Hardware Supportu003cbr \/>----------------u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Ubuntu 7.10 will use the 2.6.22 Linux kernel, along with our usualu003cbr \/>selection of updated and additional drivers.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>We will also use Xorg 7.3, giving better graphics hardware support andu003cbr \/>the option of hotplugging monitors (RandR 1.2) and input devicesu003cbr \/>(xserver 1.4).u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>As well as the easier configuration for hotplugging-supported driversu003cbr \/>(&quot;no xorg.conf&quot;), we also aim to have better configuration for otheru003cbr \/>drivers and fallback settings for when there is a problem.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Some &quot;winmodem&quot; chips will be supported out of the box, where driversu003cbr \/>are available; though this may rely on the use of restricted drivers.u003cbr \/>Improvements to the Restricted Driver Manager are expected, allowingu003cbr \/>drivers to be disabled by default and proposed by the manager. &nbsp;Asu003cbr \/>previously announced, an edition of Ubuntu without restricted enabled byu003cbr \/>default is in the works.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Mobileu003cbr \/>------u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>As announced, Ubuntu 7.10 will be first release to include a new Mobileu003cbr \/>and Embedded edition targeted at hand-held devices and otheru003cbr \/>mobile\/embedded form factors.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>This integrates the Hildon UI components developed by Nokia into Ubuntu,u003cbr \/>on top of the existing Ubuntu platform.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Serveru003cbr \/>------u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Development of the Ubuntu 7.10 Server Edition has received a new boostu003cbr \/>with a dedicated development team at Canonical working on it.  Featuresu003cbr \/>aiming to improve the experience for new and hobbyist administrators areu003cbr \/>expected, as well as features desirable for small businesses andu003cbr \/>organisations.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>For increased security, the AppArmor security framework will beu003cbr \/>available as an option for those that want it.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Stability and Performanceu003cbr \/>-------------------------u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Ubuntu 7.10 should function significantly better when the filesystem isu003cbr \/>full or otherwise not writable, allowing the user to make room and thenu003cbr \/>\",1] );  \/\/--><\/script>Hardware Support<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 7.10 will use the 2.6.22 Linux kernel, along with our usual<br \/>\nselection of updated and additional drivers.<\/p>\n<p>We will also use Xorg 7.3, giving better graphics hardware support and<br \/>\nthe option of hotplugging monitors (RandR 1.2) and input devices<br \/>\n(xserver 1.4).<\/p>\n<p>As well as the easier configuration for hotplugging-supported drivers<br \/>\n(&#8220;no xorg.conf&#8221;), we also aim to have better configuration for other<br \/>\ndrivers and fallback settings for when there is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Some &#8220;winmodem&#8221; chips will be supported out of the box, where drivers<br \/>\nare available; though this may rely on the use of restricted drivers.<br \/>\nImprovements to the Restricted Driver Manager are expected, allowing<br \/>\ndrivers to be disabled by default and proposed by the manager.  As<br \/>\npreviously announced, an edition of Ubuntu without restricted enabled by<br \/>\ndefault is in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>As announced, Ubuntu 7.10 will be first release to include a new Mobile<br \/>\nand Embedded edition targeted at hand-held devices and other<br \/>\nmobile\/embedded form factors.<\/p>\n<p>This integrates the Hildon UI components developed by Nokia into Ubuntu,<br \/>\non top of the existing Ubuntu platform.<\/p>\n<p>Server<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Development of the Ubuntu 7.10 Server Edition has received a new boost<br \/>\nwith a dedicated development team at Canonical working on it.  Features<br \/>\naiming to improve the experience for new and hobbyist administrators are<br \/>\nexpected, as well as features desirable for small businesses and<br \/>\norganisations.<\/p>\n<p>For increased security, the AppArmor security framework will be<br \/>\navailable as an option for those that want it.<\/p>\n<p>Stability and Performance<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 7.10 should function significantly better when the filesystem is<br \/>\nfull or otherwise not writable, allowing the user to make room and then<\/p>\n<p><script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"continue working without undue interruption.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Improvements to our &quot;apport&quot; bug and crash reporting infrastructure areu003cbr \/>planned, in particular integration with our software installation andu003cbr \/>upgrade tools so that problems installing or upgrading packages can beu003cbr \/>easily reported with relevant information attached. &nbsp;Kernel crashes willu003cbr \/>also be intercepted on reboot, and may be reported using the tool.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Our efforts to improve boot reliability and performance continue;u003cbr \/>unlimited and reliable stackability of software raid (MD) devices, LVMu003cbr \/>volumes and software-managed (devmapper) devices will be supported withu003cbr \/>no runtime ordering issues.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Ubuntu 7.10 will ship with Upstart 0.5, which will provide flexible andu003cbr \/>reliable service supervision. &nbsp;We expect to harness this for suitableu003cbr \/>core services, and some boot process tasks, as appropriate.u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Scottu003cbr \/>--u003cbr \/>Scott James Remnantu003cbr \/>Ubuntu Development Manageru003cbr \/>u003ca onclicku003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" hrefu003d\"mailto:scott@ubuntu.com\">scott@ubuntu.comu003c\/a>u003cbr \/>-------------- next part --------------u003cbr \/>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...u003cbr \/>Name: not availableu003cbr \/>Type: application\/pgp-signatureu003cbr \/>Size: 189 bytesu003cbr \/>Desc: This is a digitally signed message partu003cbr \/>Url : u003ca onclicku003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" hrefu003d\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/archives\/ubuntu-devel-announce\/attachments\/20070619\/d46e34e1\/attachment-0001.pgp\" targetu003d_blank>https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.comu003cwbr \/>\/archives\/ubuntu-devel-announcu003cwbr \/>e\/attachments\/20070619\/d46e34eu003cwbr \/>1\/attachment-0001.pgpu003c\/a>u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>------------------------------u003cbr \/>u003cbr \/>Message: 2u003cbr \/>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:56:20 +0200u003cbr \/>From: Henrik Nilsen Omma &lt;u003ca onclicku003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" hrefu003d\"mailto:henrik@ubuntu.com\">henrik@ubuntu.comu003c\/a>&gt;u003cbr \/>Subject: Launchpad bug workflow changeu003cbr \/>To: u003ca onclicku003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" hrefu003d\"mailto:ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com\">\",1] );  \/\/--><\/script>continue working without undue interruption.<\/p>\n<p>Improvements to our &#8220;apport&#8221; bug and crash reporting infrastructure are<br \/>\nplanned, in particular integration with our software installation and<br \/>\nupgrade tools so that problems installing or upgrading packages can be<br \/>\neasily reported with relevant information attached.  Kernel crashes will<br \/>\nalso be intercepted on reboot, and may be reported using the tool.<\/p>\n<p>Our efforts to improve boot reliability and performance continue;<br \/>\nunlimited and reliable stackability of software raid (MD) devices, LVM<br \/>\nvolumes and software-managed (devmapper) devices will be supported with<br \/>\nno runtime ordering issues.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 7.10 will ship with Upstart 0.5, which will provide flexible and<br \/>\nreliable service supervision.  We expect to harness this for suitable<br \/>\ncore services, and some boot process tasks, as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Scott<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nScott James Remnant<br \/>\nUbuntu Development Manager<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow (2007-06-20) the Launchpad team will update the bug tracker<br \/>\nwith a new set of bug states to help projects like Ubuntu improve bug<br \/>\nmanagement. The changes will allow for greater fine tuning of our bug<br \/>\nmanagement and the new labels should hopefully also make more sense to<br \/>\nusers.<\/p>\n<p>The following statuses will be added:<\/p>\n<p>* Triaged<br \/>\n* Won&#8217;t Fix<br \/>\n* Todo<\/p>\n<p>The following statuses will be renamed:<\/p>\n<p>* Unconfirmed -&gt; New<br \/>\n* Needs Info -&gt; Incomplete<br \/>\n* Rejected -&gt; Invalid<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for the new states are roughly:<\/p>\n<p>* Triaged will mean that a bug has all the information attached to it<br \/>\nthat a developer needs to fix it. The &#8216;confirmed&#8217; state was previously<br \/>\nused for this purpose, but many users were &#8216;confirming&#8217; bugs when<br \/>\nobserved by a second person.<\/p>\n<p>* Rejected has been split into Invalid and Won&#8217;t Fix, where the latter<br \/>\nmay be a valid bug or wish-list change that we don&#8217;t have the wish or<br \/>\nresources to fix.<\/p>\n<p>* Todo will form the list of bugs that developers expect to work on in<br \/>\nthe near future. These would typically also be assigned to a developer<br \/>\nor a dev team.<\/p>\n<p>The renaming of some existing states is intended to make them more<br \/>\nintuitive to a larger audience.<\/p>\n<p>Search URLs containing the old status names will be permanently<br \/>\nredirected to equivalent URLs containing the new status names. For<br \/>\nexample, &amp;status=Unconfirmed will be changed to &amp;status=New.<\/p>\n<p>Henrik<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Hello everybody,<\/p>\n<p>We are happy to announce the Ubuntu Derivatives mailing list! With the<br \/>\namount of derivatives growing and growing, we finally have a place where<br \/>\nwe can discuss problems and search solutions together.<\/p>\n<p>The ubuntu-derivatives list is going to be the place where we will<br \/>\n* achieve collaboration across derivatives,<br \/>\n* gather derivative and distro experts at one table and<br \/>\n* start a common knowledge base.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/mailman\/listinfo\/ubuntu-derivatives\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com<wbr><\/wbr>\/mailman\/listinfo\/ubuntu<wbr><\/wbr>-derivatives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a nice day,<br \/>\nthe Derivatives Team<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=http:\/\/ryanorser.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.technorati.com\/pix\/fave\/btn-fave2.png\" alt=\"Add to Technorati Favorites\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This ubuntu-devel-announce Digest is all about the Gutsy Feature Plan, Launchpad bug workflow change, and Ubuntu Derivatives mailing list. here is what it says: Now that the set of feature goals planned for Ubuntu 7.10 (&#8220;Gutsy Gibbon&#8221;) has been largely finalised, it seems like an appropriate point to announce the plan to the world. 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