Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Beta


Warnings

• This is a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009.
• This is a beta (pre-) release. Pre-release versions of 9.10 are NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage. Pre-release versions of 9.10 ARE recommended for Kubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Advices

> The usual WARNINGS and CAVEATS about using development versions
> Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Released.. almost! Please Read Before Testing!


Bugs

> Reporting Bugs (Kubuntu)
> Reporting Bugs (Ubuntu)
> How to create useful crash reports
> Apport - Automatic crash reports


It is still a beta

KDE will get (before the Karmic final) > KDE 4.3 Release Schedule

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October 1st, 2009: Tag KDE 4.3.2
October 6th, 2009: Release KDE 4.3.2
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(Default) packages are coming and going... > Kubuntu Meetings

Date & Time: TBD (Early October)

Agenda
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Dragon vs. Kaffeine
K3b KDE3 vs. KDE4
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Release Info

> Karmic Beta released
> KarmicKoala Technical Overview
> Karmic Koala Beta Kubuntu

[Qqmike]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Nice post, Rog131. Read it all.
Got one month to go, but I have not seen any significant progress on the GRUB 2 Manual this past few months. Seems a starting point could be the GRUB Legacy Manual. The new Manual doesn't even have an outline yet. Just an observation, not any rant. A Manual is fairly important for a new boot loader for understanding any subtle/technical aspects known to the developers but not obvious otherwise.

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

I have thought that this would be a good place to start > GRUB 2: A Guide for Users .

But, yes you are right, the manuals are usually one or two steps behind the applications. Maybe we will get a manual with the 'buntu 10.10 (Mighty Macaque /1/ ?)



/1/ > What are some animals that begin with the letter M?.

[dibl]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Maybe we will get a manual with the 'buntu 10.10 (Mighty Macaque /1/ ?)

The Meditating Marmot.

[Qqmike]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Ha! @ Rog131 ... yep, I think MY guide is a good place to start .
I'm wondering, though, because GRUB 2 looks TOO easy, too straightforward, except for the new way to change the configuration file and a few commands that are new. In other words, I'm suspicious that I've missed something! some subtlety or something ...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Post Beta

> Kubuntu Meetings:

Location: #ubuntu-meeting on IRC
Date & Time: Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 19:00 UTC

Agenda

• Discuss top bugs to quash - bring a list so we can prioritize and delegate
• Dragon vs. Kaffeine
• K3b KDE 3 vs. KDE 4
• IRC Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
• kopete-facebook inclusion
• kubuntu-dev team and archive reorg
• out of battery dialogue patch
• Package updates still required:
• K3b - normalize fix needs upload
• arora - new 0.10.0 with wallet and adblock and many fixes
• kdepim - ayatana updates for kmail
• kdebase-workspace - switch back to powerdevil notification, but with extended timeout
• kdebluetooth
• qt4-x11 - kdeqt.pot creation
• kubuntu-firefox-installer - install firefox-gnome-support
• kdebase - konqueror flash installation
• digikam
• Others?
• Crash handling after release
• Default usage of IBus

Talks & Decisions > Ubuntu IRC Logs >> 2009-10-02 >>> Ubuntu-meeting:

[20:00] <Riddell> good evening friends
[20:00] <Riddell> how are we feeling tonight?
[20:03] <Riddell> agenda is at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings
[20:03] <Riddell> looks long but hopefully won't be so bad
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[Fintan]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

The Meditating Marmot.

How about:
Mysterious Mermaid?

[askrieger]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Maniacal Marmoset, Mysterious Moose, Majestic Millipede.

[Snowhog]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Mighty Mongoose, Majestic Mastif

[russlar]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Mighty Mongoose, Majestic Mastif

The Majestic Moose?

[jglen490]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Mumbling Macaque?

[kubicle]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Steering toward the topic again :P

KDE 4.3.2 is making it to the repos. Once again hold the upgrade until you can get all KDE essentials to 4.3.2 (to avoid breakage)

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3.2

> KDE 4.3.2 Release Announcement

> KDE 4.3.2 Changelog

> Kubuntu KDE 4.3.2 Update Released

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Freeze

> karmic release freeze approaching; FTBFS packages need attention

Steve Langasek
Wed Oct 14 08:38:33 BST 2009

With the release of Ubuntu 9.10 just over two weeks away, it will shortly
be time to freeze the archive to limit the number of last-minute changes
entering the release. On Thursday, October 15, the archive will be frozen,
after which uploads to main will require approval from the release team and
should be done only for changes which are critical for the release...

Reversions

> [ubuntu/karmic] qt4-x11 4.5.3really4.5.2-0ubuntu1 (Accepted)

Revert back to 4.5.2. Our 4.5.3 package does not compile in the
build daemons and we are unable to recreate the problem so a
solution looks unlikely before freeze.

Frozen

> Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 9.10

Steve Langasek
Thu Oct 15 08:28:09 BST 2009

We are one week out from the 9.10 release candidate and two weeks from the
final release, so the archive is now frozen and will not thaw again before
release.

During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the
release team, so if you have fixes that are important to get in and will
need discussion, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Uploads to
main should at this point focus on release-critical bugs only...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Help Needed

Ara Pulido wrote > kubuntu-devel -- Kubuntu Developer Discussion >> Help Needed: Kubuntu RC ISO Testing:

Ara Pulido
Fri Oct 16 11:47:41 BST 2009

Hello Kubuntu users!

As you may know, Thursday 22nd October we are releasing Kubuntu 9.10
Release Candidate. This is a very important milestone, as it will be
very similar to final Kubuntu 9.10 (between them, only very critical
fixes will be accepted).

For the 9.10 release we are having very little coverage of Kubuntu
images and we would need a harder effort for the RC milestone.

To help, you will...