Brainstorming and discussion
Development
- Increase the amount of developers/uploaders
- [skellat] Pursue full packageset permissions or only package-specific permissions
- GTK3 indicator support
- Patch indicators to support Xfce components as indicator-sound does (e.g. indicator-power, indicator-datetime, session-menu etc.)
New applications in the repositories/seed: MenuLibre, Mugshot
- [skellat] Anything else that can be cherry-picked from Debian?
- (noskcaj) Certain 4.11 components are going to land in Experimental instead of Unstable which will block them making it into Testing for autosync
- (micahg) We will only take the 4.11 components that support the GTK 3 indicator stack or the ones that were previously approved as minimal risk and desired, anything else needs to wait as we don't want to be stuck with a hodge podge of unsupportable stuff for the LTS
- Status/Health Check with Xfce as to 4.12. Landing for LTS or not?
- Working locking with light-locker (get rid of xscreensaver for good)
[unit193] Create a new installable "xubuntu-core" metapackage via adding to the seed configuration file found under https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-seeds once the T seeds are created by Colin Watson
- [skellat] Do we want this solely as a metapackage or do we want to generate a downloadable image with product manifest too?
- Investigate xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
For general information, check the developer's blog or this wiki (in german)
- Investigate if we can still get python3 only on the iso
- See/ask if we can apply GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Xubuntu
- Support Xfce with finishing/releasing 4.12
- Consider including xfdesktop4.11 (is already to be found in the xubuntu-dev 4.12 PPA)
- Consider dropping the bottom launcher panel in lieu of e.g. whiskermenu
Artwork, community, marketing, website...
- Community wallpapers package
- Finalize and publish the website theme refresh
- Update Wikipedia and other major sites with relevant/up-to-date information
- Communicate more towards users; more blog articles by the team members and guest writers
- Better social media presence (more administrators per outlet?)
- Contact the reddit.com/r/xubuntu admins
- Separate process-related stuff from Strategy Document
- Do we want to promote 64-bit images by default?
- Improve reporting
- Weekly reports for the release team and monthly team reports
- Ways to make reporting and gathering reports easier? (lderan: meetingology fixes)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-December/002115.html
Documentation
- Keep documentation up-to-date with new applications
- Expand documentation?
- [skellat] Include section on signing Ubuntu Code of Conduct
- [skellat] Look at what can be adapted from Ubuntu Manual for re-use
- Cooperate further with Ubuntu Documentation Project umbrella organization
QA
- Automated testing
- Image testing - aimed at first 'milestone'
- Package testing - what apps do we want testing at a minumum, (anyone in 'team' that can move that on)
- Manual testing
- Images - dependent on automated; at least for milestone testing (including upgrade tests)
- Packages - base on general cadence testing? roll our own? (if the latter then input from all needed)
- Change to post install tests - new tests to replace current - new software post-install and new hardware post-install
- New apps etc. (indicators for instance) testing - information needed for people to install to test. Sufficient time to allow for testing.
- Use social media outlets to call for testing in addition to -devel list (- also include the -user list at milestones). How much leadtime to get that out onto social media - who to ping.
- Use xubuntu.org for more QA blog articles. Especially just prior to milestone testing
New Ideas
- Investigate xfce4-power-manager-plugins for inclussion.
Investigate qpaeq a system wide pulseaudio equalizer (something that Ubuntustudio might be interested as well?) relevant link
Update the minimum recommended amount of ram to 1GB. rationale
- Investigate integrating Ubuntu One file syncing by default