Intrepid Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.1, Release notes

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Mark Shuttleworth: Planning for Ubuntu 8.10ish - The Intrepid Ibex

IntrepidIbex

Intrepid Ibex is the code name for Ubuntu 8.10, scheduled for release in October 2008.

Releases

Ubuntu releases are supported for 18 months. Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop, and 5 years on the server.

Schedule
Ubuntu releases every six months, one month after each Gnome release

Blueprint > KubuntuReleaseSchedule

Summary

With KDE moved to a 6 month release cycle, consider if Kubuntu should move to a cycle which matches KDE. This would mean releasing Kubuntu in February and August, shortly after the KDE release and 4 months after the Ubuntu release...


Outcomes

From the discussion, we considered the advantages of syncing release schedule to KDE are not sufficiently great as to merit overcoming the disadvantages created...

Release Schedule

 > Kubuntu Intrepid Release Schedule

 > Ubuntu Intrepid Release Schedule



Picture > Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS released


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Plans / Blueprints / Todo

KDE 4 ? / Jucato:

As per the latest Kubuntu meeting, we are considering making 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) fully KDE 4. We will take whatever KDE 4 version is released at that time, most likely 4.1.2 or 4.1.3.

Kubuntu Intrepid Version

Summary

Change to KDE 4 by default in Kubuntu Intrepid and use KDE 4 applications where they are sufficiently stable...

Kubuntu Intrepid KDE4 Porting

Summary

Kubuntu tools which need ported to KDE 4 for Intrepid...

Kubuntu Intrepid Defaults

We will remove sounds for actions...

Firefox3 KDE Integration Intrepid

Motivation

Firefox 3 comes with improved OS integration on gnome; unfortunately, the KDE user-experience still needs to catch up in order to provide a complete and integrated firefox experience on the KDE/Kubuntu Desktops.

This specs identified the main issues and proposes solutions on how those can be resolved in the mid-term...

Blueprints

Ubuntu Brainstorm

A blueprint is a feature design document. It describe a proposed feature in enough detail for a developer to implement it (not quite the same as a specification, though that term is often used). Anyone can start a blueprint though some software design or development experience would be useful. After a first draft has been composed the blueprint is typically discussed on a mailing list, forum thread or at a development meeting like UDS....

 > Blueprints for Ubuntu

 > Blueprints for Kubuntu

 > Blueprints for Intrepid


> Kubuntu Todo

This is a page to keep track on who's working on what.

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Intrepid News / Rumors

 > ITWire: Forget the Heron; what's new in Ubuntu's Intrepid Ibex?

 > Tectonic: Intrepid Ubuntu plans out

 > Phoronix: X.Org 7.4, Mesa 7.1 In Ubuntu 8.10

 > Phoronix: Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS vs. 8.10 Alpha 2 Performance

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KDE 4.1 (KDE 4.2)

KDE Schedules

During development, the KDE project sets goals in features and dates for upcoming releases. This way, the team knows when it would be a good time to add a new feature or when it's time to focus on cleaning up any bugs in preparation for a release. Any plans are tentative schedules and the final dates are generally decided on the kde-core-devel mailing list.

 > KDE 4 Goals

 > KDE4.1 Release Schedule
 > KDE4.1 Release Goals
 > KDE4.1 Feature Plan

 > KDE4.2 Release Schedule
 > KDE4.2 Release Goals
 > KDE4.2 Feature Plan

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Delays

Intrepid Alpha 1 delayed

Steve Langasek Thu Jun 12 10:42:18 BST 2008

Dear developers,

According to the published Intrepid release schedule at
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseSchedule>, the first Intrepid alpha is
scheduled for today.  Due to a number of factors, however, chief among them
the current division of developer attention between the upcoming 8.04 point
release and Intrepid, the alpha release will not be made available today.

We are making every effort to get an installable alpha image together in the
coming days.  Watch this space for further information, and in the meantime
please help us get the archive in a consistent state as described on
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/PackageArchive#Consistency>.

Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek
On behalf of the Ubuntu release team

Intrepid Alpha 2 delayed

Steve Langasek Fri Jul 11 08:47:24 BST 2008

Dear developers,

Since ISO testing for Intrepid Alpha 2 has been progressing slower than
usual (perhaps testing ISOs for three weeks in a row is a bit tiring ,
and usable desktop ISOs have been delivered late, we don't yet have a
confirmed-good set of ISO images that we can release as an alpha.

As a result, Intrepid Alpha 2 is not being released on Thursday (in your
time zone or mine!); we are instead aiming for a release on Friday once the
images have been validated.

If you'd like to help us complete this image testing to get Alpha 2 out the
door, please coordinate with the fine folks in the #ubuntu-testing channel.
Otherwise, we ask that you please hold off potentially CD-disrupting uploads
for another day as part of the soft freeze.

Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek
On behalf of the Ubuntu release team

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Daily Build

Live CD
> Kubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build
> Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build
> Xubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build


Alternate CD
> Kubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build
> Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build
> Xubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build
> Edubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Daily Build

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ALPHA


Standard alpha, beta, rc warning:

This is an alpha release. Pre-release versions of programs are NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage. Pre-release versions of programs ARE recommended for developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs (or are curious).


claydoh's warning > Topic: *** IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR DEVELOPMENT VERSIONS ***

> Intrepid Alpha 6 released
> IntrepidIbex/TechnicalOverview


> IntrepidIbex/Alpha5/Kubuntu
> IntrepidIbex/Alpha5/Kubuntu/Feedback

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BETA


Standard alpha, beta, rc warning:

This is a beta release. Pre-release versions of programs are NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage. Pre-release versions of programs ARE recommended for developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs (or are curious).

and there are bugs:
> [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

Steve Langasek

> Will You update/rebuild beta cd/dvd images once fix is released?
No. The fix will be included in the subsequent daily images, in the release
 candidate image, and in the final release.
> It should be at least mentioned as warning in release anouncement.
It was.

=> use daily images (look up) and read the release anouncement !


> IntrepidIbex/BetaAnnouncement
> IntrepidIbex/TechnicalOverview

> IntrepidIbex/Beta/Kubuntu
> IntrepidIbex/Beta/Kubuntu/Feedback

[dibl]

Thanks Rog.  The North American mirrors are still getting the packages this morning.

It says "Linux 2.6.27".  I assume that means "with blacklisted e1000e module" still, which means I'm stuck unable to use a kernel higher than 2.6.26 until the kernel patch is released, due to my Intel Gigabyte ethernet chip.

Does that sound about right to you?

Thanks again.   

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e1000e driver issue

It says "Linux 2.6.27".  I assume that means "with blacklisted e1000e module" still, which means I'm stuck unable to use a kernel higher than 2.6.26 until the kernel patch is released, due to my Intel Gigabyte ethernet chip.

Does that sound about right to you?

I thought that it was problem when you were using initial alpha-6:

Serious, potentially hardware-damaging e1000e driver issue on Intrepid

... Alpha 6 CD images will not be re-issued for this fix, so
affected users are advised to either use daily CD images once a resolution
is in place, or to wait for the release of the 8.10 beta, due to be released
on October 2.

Further discussion of this issue can be found on the ubuntu-devel mailing
list at
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-September/026559.html>,
and progress on resolving this issue can be tracked at
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555>.

> [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk tells:

Status in linux (Ubuntu Intrepid)

Status            Importance    Milestone
Fix Committed    Critical    ubuntu-8.10


..(the driver i blacklisted in Ubuntu for 2.6.27-rc in the latest releases, so if your network is not working, it doesn't have to be damaged, but just disabled in order to prevent any accidents until this bug is solved, don't wary!)

Hmm - is there a fix or is it "fixed" by blacklisting untill Intel develops a fix ??

Kubicle tells > Re: Has anyone else been bitten by the Intel e1000 bug?

from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidIbex/TechnicalOverview

A problem that could result in corruption of the firmware on Intel GigE ethernet hardware has led to the disabling of the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel included in Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. Ethernet devices that use this driver cannot be used with Ubuntu 8.10 Beta; support for this hardware will be re-enabled in daily builds immediately after Beta and this issue will be resolved for the Ubuntu 8.10 final release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555

[dibl]

support for this hardware will be re-enabled in daily builds immediately after Beta

This is my hope -- I'm not sure when "after Beta" starts, but perhaps tomorrow or the weekend ...

I'll grab a daily build tomorrow and try it.

This problem kind of snuck up on me -- 2.6.27-4 was running so well last week, so after a few days I removed the old 2.6.26 kernel, leaving only 2.6.27-2 as a "backup" kernel.  Then, an update blacklisted the e1000e driver module, killing my wired connection, and apparently at about that same time the linux-headers package for 2.6.27-2 was removed from the repos.  So when I went back to try to install the Nvidia driver on 2.6.27-2, no headers were available.   

Oh well, such is the life of early adopters!   

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> [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk tells:

Fix Released

and
linux-image-2.6.27-5-generic (2.6.27-5.8) changelog tells:

  * Enabled CONFIG_E1000E, disabled CONFIG_E1000E_NEW
    This takes advantage of the upstream NVM protection fix in
    commit 4a7703582836f55a1cbad0e2c1c6ebbee3f9b3a7.

> 4a7703582836f55a1cbad0e2c1c6ebbee3f9b3a7

    e1000e: write protect ICHx NVM to prevent malicious write/erase
   
    Set the hardware to ignore all write/erase cycles to the GbE region in
    the ICHx NVM.  This feature can be disabled by the WriteProtectNVM module
    parameter (enabled by default) only after a hardware reset, but
    the machine must be power cycled before trying to enable writes.

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RC (Release Candidate)


Standard alpha, beta, rc warning:

This is a rc release. Pre-release versions of programs are NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage. Pre-release versions of programs ARE recommended for developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs (or are curious).


> IntrepidIbex RC Announcement
> Intrepid Release Notes

> RC Kubuntu

This Intrepid release lives up to its name by including many changes, but there are some features that are not yet available in KDE4. If you would rather stay with what you know, Kubuntu 8.04 is still fully supported, see Kubuntu/KDE3-KDE4Migration and Is KDE 4.1 for you? for more information on deciding. You can try it first with the Kubuntu Intrepid Live CD and see.

NOTE: This is a Release Candidate. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version is scheduled to be released on October 30, 2008.

> RC Xubuntu

[terabyte]

OOh!   Yummy! Really Rad! KDE 4 with no 3.5 minder to worry about Yay! Looking forward to the Ibex! Terabyte

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Final


> Kubuntu 8.10 Released by Jonathan Riddell


Release notes (There are: "Known Issues" !)

> IntrepidReleaseNotes
> IntrepidIbex/ReleaseAnnouncement
> IntrepidIbex/Final/Kubuntu
> IntrepidIbex/Final/Kubuntu/Feedback


KDE 3 and KDE 4

> Kubuntu 8.10 KDE 3 to KDE 4 Migration FAQ
> Is KDE 4.1 for you?



KDE Resources / Applications / Tutorials

> KDE UserBase


Plasma and Plasmoids

> Plasma FAQ (What, How, ...)
> your rough guide to plasma

> A dozen cool plasmoids for your KDE desktop
> Mother lode,  KDE-Look.org > Plasmoids
> PPA (Personal Package Archives for Ubuntu) >>  Show PPAs matching: Plasmoid
> Topic: Install (almost) any plasmoid


Few topics from the Forum

> Topic: Enabling Effects causes Black screen
> Topic: Changing qt3 (Amarok, k3b) color theme in Kubuntu 8.10
> Topic: howto use kde3 in intrepid?
> Topic: How to compile KDE3 apps in Intrepid?
> Topic: How do I download / install widgets from the Internet?
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