Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Kubuntu Feedback Plasma Widget

> Kubuntu Developer Discussion >> The kubuntu-devel Archives >>> Kubuntu Feedback

Richard JOHNSON nixternal
Thu Jun 18 08:07:15 BST 2009

Somehow I have taken on the insane task of creating some form of simple
feedback for Kubuntu during the release cycle...
...
So for the Alpha 1 release of the "Kubuntu QA Feedback" plasmoid, I setup a
server on my host that does present a web based survey. I have gone ahead
and filled it with a few questions, and set it up for testing...
...
If you want to give it a try, download the file at:

http://www.nixternal.com/files/kubun...dback.plasmoid

Once you have it downloaded, install it:

plasmapkg -i kubuntu-qa-feedback.plasmoid

Then to view it, you can either add it to the desktop, or run it from the
Plasmoid Viewer:

plasmoidviewer kubuntu-qa-feedback
...

... and > Kubuntu Developer Discussion >> The kubuntu-devel Archives >>> Re: Kubuntu Feedback

Richard JOHNSON nixternal
Fri Jun 19 07:24:49 BST 2009

Just put up what I would consider Alpha 2. Here is what changed:...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3 RC1 (4.2.95)


> kde-release-team >> 2009-06-01 - 2009-07-01 >>> KDE 4.3 RC1 tarballs (try #1)

From: Dirk Mueller
Date: 2009-06-24 19:36:02

Hi,

I've finished creating the first set of tarballs and uploaded them to ktown
(unstable/4.2.95). Expected release is tuesday/wednesday next week.
...

> KDE 4.3 RC1 Release Announcement

July 1st, 2009. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.3 RC1, a release candidate of the 3rd iteration over the KDE 4 desktop, applications and development platform...

The Karmic repositories are updating...



Maybe > rc2 ?

Subject: rc2?
From: "Aaron J. Seigo"
Date: 2009-06-29 0:20:28

i all ...

apparently not everyone packaged the exact same "rc1". this is making it
really hard to sort through some of the bugs we're getting as some of the
plasma crashes should be fixed either just prior to or just after rc1
(before/after depending on the issue), but some of the rc1 packages out there
in the wild are actually a couple revs prior to the actual rc1 branching.

will there be an rc2? i know plasma at least would appreciate such a thing,
though i think we can also manage without if it's too big of a deal.

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3 RC2 (4.2.96)

> KDE 4.3.0 RC2 released

From: Dirk Mueller
Date: 2009-07-09 18:02:05


Hi,

I've put RC2 online under unstable/4.2.96. I think we messed up the
announcement, but I would like to ask you to package it anyway and report
possible problems.

Thanks,
Dirk

> KDE 4.3 RC2 Release Announcement

July 9th, 2009. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.3 RC2, a release candidate of the 3rd iteration over the KDE 4 desktop, applications and development platform...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Waiting for Alpha 3


> Kubuntu Developer Discussion


Netbook

>> Kubuntu Netbook Edition

As some of you already know, we decided at UDS to produce a new Kubuntu flavor
for Karmic optimized for the netbook form factor. Here's the spec:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubu...etbook-edition

This work is starting to take shape.
...

>>> Kubuntu Netbook wiki

Kubuntu Netbook Edition

Kubuntu Netbook Edition is a new Kubuntu flavor optimized for netbook computers. These computers generally have small (less than 10") screens, less processing power, and less RAM/disk space than traditional laptops. The Karmic (9.10) development cycle is the first for Kubuntu Netbook Edition and there is a lot of work to do...

>>> Kubuntu Netbook Hardware Testing

This is the place to capture test results with different netbooks...

Arora

>> Thoughts on Arora
...>> Thoughts on Arora

Konversation or Quassel > Konversation, Quassel and Kubuntu 9.10

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3 RC3 (4.2.98)


> kde-release-team 2009-07-01 - 2009-08-01 >> KDE 4.3 RC3 tarballs uploaded

From: Dirk Mueller
Date: 2009-07-21 21:13:28

Hi,

I've uploaded 4.3 RC3 tarballs (4.2.98). they're not yet set to public, we'll
publish them somewhen tomorrow (in ~ 16-18 hours from now)...

> 4.3.0 RC3

From: Sebastian Kügler
Date: 2009-07-22 14:08:00

Dirk added a fix for bug 200789 to the RC3 tarballs, they're now up. We'll
release shortly (i.e. tonight as soon as I'm done with work-work).

4.3.0 has been postponed to 4th August.

> KDE 4.3 RC3 Release Announcement

July 22nd, 2009. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.3 RC3, a release candidate of the 3rd iteration over the KDE 4 desktop, applications and development platform.

While 4.3 already feels very stable, there still have been quite some changes to the code-base since the second release candidate. In order to have the 4.3.0 release well-tested, the release team decided to put out another release candidate and postpone the final 4.3.0 release by one week. The most notable change is probably a fix for a performance problem in Plasma, where applets would shortly freeze after being resized. This bug has been resolved by delaying the caching of rendered SVG images until after the resizing has finished...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Alpha 3


> Karmic Koala Technical Overview

GRUB 2 by default

GRUB 2 is the default boot loader for new installations of Karmic, replacing the previous GRUB "Legacy" boot loader. Existing systems will not be upgraded to GRUB 2 at this time...
...
Some features are still missing relative to GRUB Legacy. Notable among these are lock/password support, an equivalent of grub-reboot, and Xen handling.


Known issues

As is to be expected at this stage of the release process, there are several known bugs that users are likely to run into with Karmic Alpha 3. We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds, so that you don't need to spend time reporting these bugs again:...

> Karmic Koala Alpha3 Kubuntu

...
New or Improved In Alpha 3

• KDE 4.3 RC
• Netbook
• Arora Web Browser
• Amarok 2.1.1
• KPackageKit 0.4.1.1
• K3b 1.66.0
• Social from the Start
• GTK+ Integration

Known Issues

• If you install Karmic Alpha 3 alongside Windows, the grub boot menu may not offer to start Windows.
• If you have internal hard disk partitions aside from Ubuntu itself, GNOME will attempt to automatically mount them at startup and ask for your password. Just cancel the dialog, unless you actually want to work with them.
• The Kubuntu Netbook Edition is missing the "install" icon on the desktop. You can start the installation from the menu.
• The Kubuntu Netbook Edition image does not install under Windows (with wubi).

Feedback

We want to hear what you think about the current release of Kubuntu 9.04, The Karmic Koala, Alpha 3 CD Release. We want to know if it Rocks, if it is just OK, or it is flat out wrong. No matter the feedback, as long as it is in line with the Ubuntu Code of Conduct we would like to hear it.

So what are you waiting for, head on over to the Feedback Page and let us know!

> Reporting Bugs
> How to create useful crash reports
> Apport - Automatic crash reports
> Bugs in The Karmic Koala

[Fintan]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Thank you rog

This link seems to be broken:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/re...armic/alpha-3/

Edit:
Getting the netbook "cd" (746MB) on a cd proved to be impossible with my 3kb

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

This link seems to be broken:...

I'm a bit early the alpha 3 is still waiting official release.

...and an afterthought: I think that the Karmic alpha 3 will be released with the KDE 4.3 RC2. The Daily builds will have the KDE 4.3 RC3.

Getting the netbook "cd" (746MB) on a cd proved to be impossible with my 3kb

The image for the netbook is a bit thick for the CD. From the > Kubuntu Netbook:

Set Up Installation Support

Because netbooks rarely come with CD or DvD drives, we need to convert ISO images to some other medium for installation support. This can be done in Jaunty with the Ubuntu usb-creator package. In Karmic we will (soon) have a KDE version. There is also a Windows version of usb-creator planned so people who do not run *buntu on their regular computers will still be able to install Kubuntu Netbook Edition on their netbooks. A preview version of the KDE usb-creator is available from Rod Greening's PPA.

[Fintan]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Ahh...the old usb ploy .

That makes sense, thank you.

Too bad my little pavilion Laptop can't boot from a usb stick

Edit:
I take that back it can boot from usb. It is just hidden away

Looks good, very fast boot and very responsive.

I am installing now.

Edit:

I wanted to dual boot with JJ so I put the karmic grub in its own partition to keep the original grub in mbr.

I forgot that karmic now comes with grub2.

Hoe do I get my grub to boot grub2?
There is no /boot/grub/menu.lst anymore.

[liamdawe]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

"KDE 4.3 RC"

Which RC lol

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Kubuntu Translations Day


> Translations/Events/KubuntuTranslationsDay

What's this?

We'd like to get Kubuntu translations in shape for Karmic and we're organising a whole day event for this purpose. Here are the details:

• WHAT: Kubuntu Translations Day
• WHERE: #kubuntu-devel IRC channel on Freenode
• WHEN: Wednesday, the 29th of July 2009

How can I participate?
...
User

• Locate untranslated Kubuntu applications and report it either at #kubuntu-devel or at the Ubuntu Translations project

...

[DanteAshton]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Good greif, thats a lot of changes!

Multimedia previews in Dolphin? Hmm...I thought I saw someone on the KDE forums say it was impossible. At least, for music. Something to do with Phonon.

Kopete can work with Skype? Well, I rather like that! . If memory serves, Kopete should be able to work with Facebook chat and I beleive they are working on restoring IRC capabilty. I don't think I've ever met a client quite as powerful as Kopete...

Google Gadgets? Are you kidding me? I'd love to have them!

That 'blackboard' desktop looks interesting, it's the first I've heard of it...

Jeezus...if anyone ever said 4.0 was three steps back, I think 4.3 is two dozen giant steps forward...

[Nakrull]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

i belive icq isnt working either on kopente
it hapend after update so im not shure

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3.0

> kde-release-team >> 2009-07-01 - 2009-08-01 >>> KDE 4.3.0 tarballs (try #1) uploaded

From: Dirk Mueller
Date: 2009-07-29 16:08:02

Hi,

I just finished uploading the first set of 4.3.0 tarballs (now under stable/
instead of unstable ). Release is planned for Tuesday next week...

> KDE 4.3.0 Caizen Release Announcement


Known issues

> kde-release-team

>> Possible 4.3.0 blocker in the Konsole KPart?

Basically, when you open the context menu in the
Konsole KPart, most of the time you'll end up
with the string "No text" overlayed over the ter-
minal in the top-left corner...

>> microblog plasmoid fix in 4.3 branch, but not in 4.3.

>> kdm oxygen-air theme (KDE 4.3.0 tagging)

> Nepomuk and Dolphin

The labels for Nepomuk meta information have been fixed.
...
The current fix is not perfect yet. We could not provide a way to forward the properties to the translator team before the 4.3.0 translation deadline... :-( However we are optimistic to do a "real fix" in KDE 4.3.1.

The KDE 4.3.1 will be released September (?). > KDE 4.3 Release_Schedule



> Plasma FAQ 4.3

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Survey

> Ongoing Oxygen Icons Usability Survey: KDevelop

Every few weeks Nuno Pinheiro and the KDE Oxygen Icons team are publishing a new usability survey online to get feedback from users on the look and feel of icons...

>> Oxygen icon survey